Structure and evolution of winter cyclones in the Central United States and their effects on the distribution of precipitation. Part VI: A mesoscale modeling study of the initiation of convective rainbands

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3481-3500

  Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Locatelli, John D ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINBAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033659653     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<3481:SAEOWC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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