Numerical simulations of an observed narrow cold-frontal rainband

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1027-1045

  Chen, Chaing ^a,b   Bishop, Craig H ^c   Lai, George S ^a,b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002679391     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1027:NSOAON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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