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An isentropic analysis of the wintertime vorticity exchange in relation to extratropical heat sources and sinks Cover

An isentropic analysis of the wintertime vorticity exchange in relation to extratropical heat sources and sinks

Tellus
Volume 43 (1991): Issue 2
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|Jan 1991
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i2.11920 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 106 - 127
Submitted on: Oct 23, 1989
Accepted on: Oct 11, 1990
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1991 Martin P. Hoerling, Donald R. Johnson, published by Stockholm University Press
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