Characteristics of northern hemisphere blocking as determined from a long time series of observational data

Harald Lejenäs; Hans Økland

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v35i5.11446

Characteristics of northern hemisphere blocking as determined from a long time series of observational data

Tellus

Volume 35 (1983): Issue 5

By: Harald Lejenäs and Hans Økland

Open Access

|Jan 1983

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