On the upper tropospheric formation and occurrence of high and thin cirrus clouds during anticyclonic poleward Rossby wave breaking events
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00437.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 228 - 242
Submitted on: Apr 15, 2009
Accepted on: Jan 14, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
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