Numerical simulation of the Maui Vortex in the trade winds

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 723-744

  Ueyoshi, Kyozo ^a   Roads, John O ^a   Fujioka, Francis ^b   Stevens, Duane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0040753766     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.6_723     Document Type: Article

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