Low-frequency variability of Southern Hemisphere sea level pressure and weather system activity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2531-2543

  Sinclair, Mark R ^a   Renwick, James A ^a   Kidson, John W ^a  

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

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EID: 0000206903     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2531:LFVOSH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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