The temporal behavior of numerically simulated multicell-type storms. Part II: The convective cell life cycle and cell regeneration

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-577

  Fovell, Robert G ^a   Tan, Pei Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001292419     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0551:TTBONS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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