Summer circulation patterns related to the upper tropospheric vortices over the tropical South Atlantic

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 203-213

  Kayano, Mary T ^a   Ferreira, Nelson J ^a   Ramírez, María C V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031312224     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01029693     Document Type: Article

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