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A model study of downstream variations of the thermodynamic structure of the trade winds Cover

A model study of downstream variations of the thermodynamic structure of the trade winds

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|Jan 1984

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Language: English
Page range: 187 - 202
Submitted on: May 3, 1982
Accepted on: May 10, 1983
Published on: Jan 1, 1984
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1984 Bruce A. Albrecht, published by Stockholm University Press
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