A study of cyclone mesoscale structure with emphasis on a large-amplitude inertia-gravity wave

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1497-1527

  Bosart, Lance F ^a   Bracken, W Edward ^a   Seimon, Anton ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0032413878     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1497:ASOCMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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