A general framework for convective trigger functions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2438-2452

  Rogers, Robert F ^a   Fritsch, J M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001299057     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2438:AGFFCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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