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Ensemble prediction of blocking regime transitions

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Volume 56 (2004): Issue 5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i5.14460 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 485 - 500
Submitted on: Oct 22, 2003
Accepted on: Apr 7, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2004 Jorgen S. Frederiksen, Mark A. Collier, Andrew B. Watkins, published by Stockholm University Press
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