Observed associations among storm tracks, jet streams and midlatitude oceanic fronts

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 147, Issue , 2004, Pages 329-345

  Nakamura, Hisashi ^a,b   Sampe, Takeaki ^a   Tanimoto, Youichi ^c   Shimpo, Akihiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 85040173076     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/147GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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