The interpretation of short climate records, with comments on the North Atlantic and Southern Oscillations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-255

  Wunsch, Carl ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000475959     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0245:TIOSCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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