Consideration of the origin of the different midlatitude atmospheric responses among El Niño events

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-361

  Kodera, Kunihiko ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0041021894     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.3_347     Document Type: Article

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