An observational case study of a continental mesoscale vortex
By: Ernest M. Agee and James J. Lidrbauch
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v41i3.11836 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 222 - 245
Submitted on: Feb 9, 1987
Accepted on: Jul 19, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1989
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1989 Ernest M. Agee, James J. Lidrbauch, published by Stockholm University Press
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