Lake-aggregate mesoscale disturbances. Part III: Description of a mesoscale aggregate vortex

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1111-1134

  Sousounis, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0000353374     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1111:LAMDPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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