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Estimating divergence and vorticity from the wind profiler network hourly wind measurements Cover

Estimating divergence and vorticity from the wind profiler network hourly wind measurements

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|Jan 1995

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Language: English
Page range: 892 - 910
Submitted on: Aug 10, 1994
Accepted on: Mar 29, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1995 J. L. Lee, G. L. Browning, Y. F. Xie, published by Stockholm University Press
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