The structure and dynamics of atmospheric bores and solitons as determined from remote sensing and modeling experiments during IHOP

11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2103-2116

  Koch, Steven E ^a   Pagowski, Mariusz ^a,b   Wilson, James W ^c   Fabry, Frederic ^d   Flamant, Cyrille ^e   Feltz, Wayne ^f   Schwemmer, Geary ^g   Geerts, Bart ^h  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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