Relation between the meridional distribution of potential vorticity and the Lagrangian mean circulation in the troposphere
By: Masaki Satoh
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14496 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 833 - 853
Submitted on: Sep 3, 1998
Accepted on: May 18, 1999
Published on: Jan 1, 1999
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1999 Masaki Satoh, published by Stockholm University Press
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