Probability density distributions of large-scale midlatitude circulation parameters during Northern Hemisphere summer
By: Andrea Buzzj, Anthony R. Hansen and Ennio Tosp
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v42i3.11883 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 366 - 377
Submitted on: Dec 6, 1988
Accepted on: Apr 10, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1990 Andrea Buzzj, Anthony R. Hansen, Ennio Tosp, published by Stockholm University Press
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