Spectral study of wintertime kinetic energy of the northern hemisphere in the troposphere
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v35i2.11424 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 88 - 99
Submitted on: Oct 10, 1981
Accepted on: Apr 5, 1982
Published on: Jan 1, 1983
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1983 H. N. Lee, Z. Zhao, S. K. Kao, published by Stockholm University Press
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