Mechanisms for the generation of mesoscale vortices within quasi-linear convective systems

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2603-2622

  Weisman, Morris L ^a   Davis, Christopher A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; VORTEX;

EID: 0032453246     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2603:MFTGOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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