On the use and significance of isentropic potential vorticity maps

The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 111, Issue 466, 1985, Pages 877-946

  Hoskins, B J ^a   McIntyre, M E ^b   Robertson, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

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EID: 0022167076     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49711146602     Document Type: Article

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