The dynamics of intraseasonal atmospheric angular momentum oscillations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1445-1461

  Weickmann, Klaus M ^a   Kiladis, George N ^b   Sardeshmukh, Prashant D ^c  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000502128     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1445:TDOIAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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