Classification of mesoscale vortices in polar airstreams and the influence of the large-scale environment on their evolutions
By: Gregory S. Forbes and Walter D. Lottes
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v37i2.11661 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 132 - 155
Submitted on: Apr 5, 1984
Accepted on: Jun 29, 1984
Published on: Jan 1, 1985
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1985 Gregory S. Forbes, Walter D. Lottes, published by Stockholm University Press
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