The intricacies of instabilities

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4143-4148

  Schultz, David M ^a   Schumacher, Philip N ^b   Doswell III, Charles A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0007456282     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)129<4143:TIOI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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