Planetary-scale climatology of explosive cyclogenesis and blocking

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2509-2520

  Colucci, Stephen J ^a   Alberta, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Lockheed Science and Engineering Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0001630877     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2509:PSCOEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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