Potential vorticity, easterly waves, and eastern Pacific tropical cyclogenesis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2699-2708

  Molinari, John ^a   Knight, David ^a   Dickinson, Michael ^a   Vollaro, David ^a   Skubis, Steven ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 7044245952     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2699:PVEWAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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