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Energy of Rossby waves as a part of global atmospheric oscillations

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Language: English
Page range: 168 - 192
Submitted on: Sep 17, 1991
Accepted on: Nov 26, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1993 H. Elbern, P. Speth, published by Stockholm University Press
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