Clarifying the Dynamics of the General Circulation: Phillips's 1956 Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-60

  Lewis, John M ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0344403983     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0039:CTDOTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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