A Single-Radar Technique for Estimating the Winds in Tropical Cyclones

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-668

  Tuttle, John ^a   Gall, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001601841     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0653:ASRTFE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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