Influence of the synoptic-scale flow on sea breezes observed during CaPE

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2112-2130

  Atkins, Nolan T ^a,b   Wakimoto, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000281808     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2112:IOTSSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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