Behavior of midlatitude decadal oscillations in a simple atmosphere-ocean system

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-460

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0001267921     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.4_441     Document Type: Article

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