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Significant change of extratropical natural variability and potential predictability associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation Cover

Significant change of extratropical natural variability and potential predictability associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation

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Language: English
Page range: 790 - 802
Submitted on: Sep 14, 1998
Accepted on: Mar 1, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1999 Wilbur Y. Chen, published by Stockholm University Press
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