Evolution of the tropospheric split jet over the South Pacific Ocean during the 1986-89 ENSO cycle

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1711-1731

  Chen, Biao ^a   Smith, Shawn R ^a,b   Bromwich, David H ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001103168     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1711:EOTTSJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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