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PV-θ view of the zonal mean state of the atmosphere

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Language: English
Page range: 18710 - 18710
Submitted on: May 9, 2012
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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