Energy transformations associated with the synoptic and planetary scales during the evolution of a blocking anticyclone and an upstream explosively-developing cyclone
By: Phillip J. Smith and Chih-Hua Tsou
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v44i3.14957 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 252 - 260
Submitted on: May 31, 1991
Accepted on: Oct 10, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1992
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1992 Phillip J. Smith, Chih-Hua Tsou, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.