A three-dimensional analysis of the outflow layer of supertyphoon flo (1990)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-63

  Merrill, Robert T ^a   Velden, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0006857785     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0047:ATDAOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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