A potential vorticity-based study of the role of diabatic heating and friction in a numerically simulated baroclinic cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 849-874

  Stoelinga, Mark T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001715108     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0849:APVBSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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