The Ohio Valley wave-merger cyclogenesis event of 25-26 January 1978. Part II: Diagnosis using quasigeostrophic potential vorticity inversion

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2176-2205

  Hakim, Gregory J ^a   Keyser, Daniel ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0001020117     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2176:TOVWMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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