Vertical wind shear influences on tropical cyclone formation and intensification during TCM-92 and TCM-93

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1374-1387

  Elsberry, Russell L ^a   Jeffries, Richard A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0000525614     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1374:VWSIOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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