Disentangling the Forcing Mechanisms of a Heavy Precipitation Event along the Alpine South Side Using Potential Vorticity Inversion

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Monthly Weather Review

• Publication date

  2009-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/2009MWR3202.1
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