Ocean-atmosphere variability over the Pan-Atlantic basin

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-46

  Tanimoto, Youichi ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b  

^a Japan Marine Sci & Technol Ctr   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0033074811     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.1_31     Document Type: Article

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