A case study of cyclogenesis using a model hierarchy

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1051-1066

  Rotunno, Richard ^a   Bao, Jian Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000769161     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1051:ACSOCU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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