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Dynamic Meteorology

Accelerating two-stage explosive development of an extratropical cyclone over the northwestern Pacific Ocean: a piecewise potential vorticity diagnosis

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Article: 23210 | Received 30 Oct 2013, Accepted 18 Jan 2014, Published online: 13 Mar 2014

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