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11 - Predictability of severe weather and tropical cyclones at the mesoscales

from Part III - Tropical cyclones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

Jianping Li
Affiliation:
Beijing Normal University
Richard Swinbank
Affiliation:
Met Office, Exeter
Richard Grotjahn
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Hans Volkert
Affiliation:
Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt eV (DLR)
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