The effect of planetary-scale divergent circulation on the interannual variation of the summertime stationary eddies: the tropical easterly jet
By: Tsing-Chang Chen and Ming-Chen Yen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v45i1.14839 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 15 - 27
Submitted on: Sep 25, 1991
Accepted on: Jul 27, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1993 Tsing-Chang Chen, Ming-Chen Yen, published by Stockholm University Press
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