Warm frontal structure in association with a rapidly deepening extratropical cyclone

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-132

  Hudak, David R ^a   Stewart, Ronald E ^a   Thomson, Alan D ^a,b   List, Roland ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030511490     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1996.9649559     Document Type: Article

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