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Thermal resonance of the atmosphere to SST anomalies. Implications for the Antarctic circumpolar wave Cover

Thermal resonance of the atmosphere to SST anomalies. Implications for the Antarctic circumpolar wave

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Language: English
Page range: 403 - 424
Submitted on: Feb 9, 2000
Accepted on: Jan 8, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2001
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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