Mesoscale dynamics of the near-dryline environment: Analysis of data from COPS-91

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2161-2175

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a   Crawford, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0000342999     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2161:MDOTND>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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