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The extratropical transition of Hurricane Ophelia (2017) as diagnosed with a generalized omega equation and vorticity equation Cover

The extratropical transition of Hurricane Ophelia (2017) as diagnosed with a generalized omega equation and vorticity equation

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Published on: Jan 1, 2020
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