Comments on "application of the Lighthill-Ford theory od spontaneous imbalance to clear-air turbulence forecasting"

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2506-2510

  Plougonven, Riwal ^a   Snyder, Chris ^b   Zhang, Fuqing ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349300416     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3027.1     Document Type: Note

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