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Original Articles

Available potential energy and extratropical cyclone activity during the FGGE year

Thomas L. KoehlerDepartment of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin53706, USA.
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Kyung Duck MinDepartment of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin53706, USA.
Pages 64-75 | Received 20 Jan 1983, Accepted 26 Apr 1983, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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