The "footprint" under a decaying tropical mesoscale convective system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2879-2895

  Geldmeier, Mark F ^a   Barnes, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0001262941     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2879:TFUADT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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