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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1261-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1261-2018
Research article
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27 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2018

Characterizing severe weather potential in synoptically weakly forced thunderstorm environments

Paul W. Miller and Thomas L. Mote

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