Advances in applications of the physics of fluids to severe weather systems

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1259-1323

  Bluestein, Howard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 34547522781     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/70/8/R01     Document Type: Review

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