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Title: Dynamical properties of developing tropical cyclones using Lagrangian flow topology: Dynamical Properties of Developing Tropical Cyclones Using Lagrangian Flow Topology
NSF-PAR ID:
10053549
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Volume:
144
Issue:
710
ISSN:
0035-9009
Page Range / eLocation ID:
218 to 230
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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