The intensification of the low-level jet during the development of mesoscale convective systems on a mei-yu front

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-371

  Chen, Chaing ^a,b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Lin, Pay Liam ^c   Lai, George S ^a,b   Tseng, S F ^c   Wang, Tai Chi Chen ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0000892908     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0349:TIOTLL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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