The balanced dynamical nature of a rapidly intensifying oceanic cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-26

  Davis, Christopher A ^a   Grell, Evelyn Donall ^b   Shapiro, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0002574579     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0003:TBDNOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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