The dynamics of the zonal index in a simple model of the atmosphere
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v43i5.11953 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 295 - 305
Submitted on: Jul 18, 1990
Accepted on: Mar 25, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1991
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1991 Walter A. Robinson, published by Stockholm University Press
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