Water vapor layers in STORM-FEST rawinsonde observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1954-1963

  Iselin, John P ^a   Gutowski Jr , William J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000274915     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1954:WVLISF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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