Northern hemisphere 500-hPa trough merger and fracture: A climatology and case study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2644-2671

  Dean, Devin B ^a,b   Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ENSCO INC   (United States)

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EID: 0000661986     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2644:NHHTMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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