Lower-tropospheric heat transport in the pacific storm track

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1533-1543

  Swanson, Kyle L ^a,b   Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0001482258     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1533:LTHTIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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