An observational and modeling study of the interaction of low-level southwesterly flow with the olympic mountains during COAST IOP 4

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2152-2175

  Colle, Brian A ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000393768     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2152:AOAMSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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