Moisture transport diagnosis of a wintertime precipitation event in the Mackenzie River Basin

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 668-691

  Lackmann, Gary M ^a,c   Gyakum, John R ^a   Benoit, Robert ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0001057554     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0668:mtdoaw>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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