Westerly wind bursts in the tropical pacific

Weather

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 282-284

  Verbickas, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002832020     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1998.tb06401.x     Document Type: Article

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