A polar-low development over the Bering sea: Analysis, numerical simulation, and sensitivity experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3109-3130

  Bresch, James F ^a,b   Reed, Richard J ^a   Albright, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000180121     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3109:APLDOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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