Development of a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclone over land. Part II: Thermodynamic aspects and the role of frontogenesis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1633-1647

  Ruscher, Paul H ^a   Condo, Thomas P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 0003115775     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1633:DOARDE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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