The role of high- and low-frequency dynamics in blocking formation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2074-2093

  Nakamura, Hisashi ^a   Nakamura, Mototaka ^b   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001368886     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2074:TROHAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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