Convective initiation at the dryline: A modeling study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1001-1026

  Ziegler, Conrad L ^a   Lee, Tsengdar J ^b,c   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Planning Research Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0000781159     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1001:CIATDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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