The March 1993 superstorm cyclogenesis: Incipient phase synoptic- and convective-scale flow interaction and model performance

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3041-3072

  Dickinson, Michael J ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a   Bracken, W Edward ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^a   Schultz, David M ^a,b   Bedrick, Mary A ^a,c   Tyle, Kevin R ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Aeromet Inc   (Marshall Islands)

^d GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001264490     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3041:TMSCIP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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