The lamb weather type catalogue

Weather

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 222-229

  Perry, Allen ^a   Mayes, Julian ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000751813     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06387.x     Document Type: Article

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