An assessment of the balance approximation in hurricanes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2193-2200

  Montgomery, Michael T ^a   Franklin, James L ^b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; HURRICANE;

EID: 0032418366     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2193:AAOTBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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