Observations of 250-km-wavelength clear-air eddies and 750-km-wavelength mesocyclones associated with a synoptic-scale midlatitude cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1199-1210

  Ralph, F Martin ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0012161563     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1199:ookwca>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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