Surface convergence induced by cold fronts aloft and prefrontal surges

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2808-2820

  Locatelli, John D ^a   Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Schwartz, Ralph D ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000387282     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2808:SCIBCF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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