Planetary- and synoptic-scale signatures associated with Central American cold surges

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-27

  Schultz, David M ^a,b   Bracken, W Edward ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002292802     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0005:PASSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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