Scale interactions during the formation of typhoon irving

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1377-1396

  Ritchie, Elizabeth A ^a,c,d   Holland, Greg J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0001332803     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1377:SIDTFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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