A numerical modeling investigation of a case of polar airstream cyclogenesis over the Gulf of Alaska

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2703-2725

  Blier, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0007319798     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2703:ANMIOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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