An application of potential vorticity inversion to improving the numerical prediction of the March 1993 superstorm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 424-436

  Huo, Zonghui ^a,b   Zhang, Da Lin ^a,c   Gyakum, John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0001671018     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0424:AAOPVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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