Oceanic cyclogenesis as induced by a mesoscale convective system moving offshore. Part II: Genesis and thermodynamic transformation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2206-2225

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Bao, Ning ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0004007678     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2206:ocaiba>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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