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The diagnosis of a pre-blocking explosively-developing extratropical cyclone system Cover

The diagnosis of a pre-blocking explosively-developing extratropical cyclone system

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|Jan 1992

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Language: English
Page range: 236 - 251
Submitted on: Apr 17, 1991
Accepted on: Nov 5, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1992
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1992 Mary A. Uhl, Phillip J. Smith, Anthony R. Lupo, Peter Zwack, published by Stockholm University Press
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