Observations of mesoscale circulations within extratropical cyclones over the north Atlantic Ocean during ERICA

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-364

  Liu, Ching Hwang ^a   Wakimoto, Roger M ^a   Roux, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0001494499     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0341:OOMCWE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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