A comparison between planetary-wave flow regimes and blocking
By: Anthony R. Hansen and Alfonso Sutera
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v45i4.14892 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 281 - 288
Submitted on: Sep 22, 1992
Accepted on: Mar 29, 1993
Published on: Jan 1, 1993
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1993 Anthony R. Hansen, Alfonso Sutera, published by Stockholm University Press
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