Toward a phase-space cartography of the short- and medium-range predictability of weather regimes
By: S. Vannitsem
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v53i1.12180 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 56 - 73
Submitted on: Dec 27, 1999
Accepted on: Jun 13, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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