Constrained variational analysis of sounding data based on column-integrated budgets of mass, heat, moisture, and momentum: Approach and application to ARM measurements

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1503-1524

  Zhang, M H ^a   Lin, J L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000414161     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1503:CVAOSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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