Observation of coexisting mesoscale lake-effect vortices over the western Great Lakes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 1137-1141

  Laird, Neil F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

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MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0032693062     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<1137:OOCMLE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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