On the mean meridional circulation and the flux of angular momentum over the northern hemisphere1
By: E. O. Holopainen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v19i1.9716 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 13
Submitted on: Aug 16, 1965
Published on: Jan 1, 1967
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1967 E. O. Holopainen, published by Stockholm University Press
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