Examination of the strengthening of wintertime mid-latitude westerlies over the North Pacific in the 1970s

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 715-721

  Hanawa, Kimio ^a   Ishizaki, Shiro ^a   Tanimoto, Youichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0039862317     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.5_715     Document Type: Article

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