Potential vorticity anomaly and mesoscale convective systems on the Baiu (Mei-Yu) front

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 891-908

  Du, Jun ^a   Cho, Han Ru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0039568231     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.6_891     Document Type: Article

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