Interaction of a warm-season frontal system with the coastal mountains of the western United States. Part I: Prefrontal onshore push, coastal ridging and alongshore southerlies

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1705-1729

  Chien, Fang Ching ^a   Mass, Clifford F ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000875953     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1705:IOAWSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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