Frontal equilibration by frictional processes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1084-1087

  Twigg, Richard D ^a   Bannon, Peter R ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; FRONTOGENESIS;

EID: 0031832204     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1084:FEBFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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