Numerical simulation of a life-cycle of atmospheric blocking and the analysis of potential vorticity using a simple barotropic model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 983-1008

  Tanaka, Hiroshi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 0039572175     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.6_983     Document Type: Article

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