Coastally trapped wind reversals along the United States west coast during the warm season. Part I: Climatology and temporal evolution

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 430-445

  Bond, Nicholas A ^a,b   Mass, Clifford F ^a   Overland, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000555246     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0430:CTWRAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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