Upper tropospheric cyclonic vortices in the tropical South Atlantic
By: Vernon E. Kousky and Manoel Alonso Gan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v33i6.10775 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 538 - 551
Submitted on: Dec 1, 1980
Accepted on: Feb 27, 1981
Published on: Jan 1, 1981
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1981 Vernon E. Kousky, Manoel Alonso Gan, published by Stockholm University Press
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