Tropospheric warming and changes in weather variability over the northern hemisphere during the period 1967-1991

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 201-215

  Born, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030554465     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030144     Document Type: Article

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