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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 44, 1992 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Energy transformations associated with the synoptic and planetary scales during the evolution of a blocking anticyclone and an upstream explosively-developing cyclone

Phillip J. SmithDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907USA
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Chih-Hua TsouDepartment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907USA;Department of Earth Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Pages 252-260 | Received 31 May 1991, Accepted 10 Oct 1991, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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