The dynamics of cold fronts passing over a quasi-two-dimensional mountain ridge
By: Jinxing Zong and Qin Xu
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v49i5.14822 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 559 - 576
Submitted on: Apr 29, 1996
Accepted on: Jul 8, 1997
Published on: Jan 1, 1997
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1997 Jinxing Zong, Qin Xu, published by Stockholm University Press
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