A nonhydrostatic mesoscale simulation of the 10-11 June 1994coastally trapped wind reversal

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3211-3230

  Thompson, William T ^a   Haack, Tracy ^a   Doyle, James D ^a   Burk, Stephen D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001499326     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<3211:ANMSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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