A Phase-Plot Method for Diagnosing Vorticity Concentration Mechanisms in Mesoscale Convective Vortices
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Weather Review
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1520-0493,0027-0644
DOI: 10.1175/mwr3322.1