A climatology of anticyclones and blocking for the Southern Hemisphere

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-263

  Sinclair, Mark R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000152567     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0245:acoaab>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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