Recent abrupt intensification of the northern polar vortex since 1988

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 947-954

  Tanaka, H L ^a   Kanohgi, Ritsuko ^b   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

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EID: 0039056002     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.6_947     Document Type: Article

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