The impact of the Appalachian Mountains on cyclonic weather systems. Part I: A climatology

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1353-1373

  O'Handley, Christopher ^a,b   Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000670540     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1353:TIOTAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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