Interaction of an intense extratropical cyclone with coastal orography

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1329-1352

  Steenburgh, W James ^a,b   Mass, Clifford F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001690331     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1329:IOAIEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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