Short-Term Climate Variations: Recent Accomplishments and Issues for Future Progress

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1081-1096

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000051291     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1081:STCVRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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