Oceanic cyclogenesis as induced by a mesoscale convective system moving offshore. Part I: A 90-h real-data simulation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1449-1469

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Bao, Ning ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000898008     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1449:OCAIBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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