Analysis of blocking events from observations and ECHAM model simulations
By: R. Sausen, W. Konig and F. Sielmann
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v48i4.12076 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 421 - 438
Submitted on: Feb 2, 1994
Accepted on: Oct 24, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1996
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1996 R. Sausen, W. Konig, F. Sielmann, published by Stockholm University Press
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