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A study of the sensitivity of the winter mean meridional circulation to sources of heat and momentum Cover

A study of the sensitivity of the winter mean meridional circulation to sources of heat and momentum

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|Jan 1981

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Language: English
Page range: 340 - 350
Submitted on: Sep 23, 1980
Accepted on: Dec 19, 1980
Published on: Jan 1, 1981
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1981 S. L. Crawford, T. Sasamori, published by Stockholm University Press
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