Methods of calculating transport across the polar vortex edge

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2241-2260

  Sobel, A H ^a,c   Plumb, R A ^a   Waugh, D W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000316722     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2241:MOCTAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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