The influence of mesoscale orography on a coastal jet and rainband

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1465-1488

  Doyle, James D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 1942418124     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<1465:TIOMOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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