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Planetary and synoptic-scale interactions during the life cycle of a mid-latitude blocking anticyclone over the North Atlantic Cover

Planetary and synoptic-scale interactions during the life cycle of a mid-latitude blocking anticyclone over the North Atlantic

Tellus
Volume 47 (1995): Issue 5
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|Jan 1995
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11549 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 575 - 596
Submitted on: Aug 29, 1994
Accepted on: Mar 6, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1995 Anthony R. Lupo, Phillip J. Smith, published by Stockholm University Press
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