The influence of interior gradients of potential vorticity on rapid cyclogenesis
By: Joseph A. Zehnder and Daniel Keyser
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i3.11927 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 198 - 212
Submitted on: Jan 29, 1990
Accepted on: Nov 12, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1991 Joseph A. Zehnder, Daniel Keyser, published by Stockholm University Press
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