Carl-Gustaf Rossby: His Times, Personality, and Actions

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1097-1112

  Phillips, Norman A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0013131859     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1097:CGRHTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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