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Interannual and decadal variations of blocking activity in a quasi-geostrophic model Cover

Interannual and decadal variations of blocking activity in a quasi-geostrophic model

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|Jan 1995

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Language: English
Page range: 941 - 954
Submitted on: Apr 5, 1994
Accepted on: Jan 4, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1995 Qing Liu, Theo Opsteegh, published by Stockholm University Press
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