Observations of Tropical Stratospheric Winds before World War II

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1367-1371

  Hamilton, Kevin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

STRATOSPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND;

EID: 0032465656     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<1367:OOTSWB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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