Small-scale spiral bands observed in hurricanes Andrew Hugo, and Erin

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1749-1766

  Gall, Robert ^a   Tuttle, John ^a   Hildebrand, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000124913     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1749:SSSBOI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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