The influence of the equatorial QBO on the Northern Hemisphere winter circulation of a GCM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 453-461

  Niwano, Masanori ^a   Takahashi, Masaaki ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0040577738     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.3_453     Document Type: Article

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