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Modes of variability in a low-order two-level model Cover

Modes of variability in a low-order two-level model

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|Jan 1988

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Language: English
Page range: 358 - 374
Submitted on: Jul 7, 1987
Accepted on: Feb 5, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1988 Enda O’Brien, Lee E. Branscome, published by Stockholm University Press
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