The North Atlantic Oscillation and British Isles climate variability, 1865–1996

Weather

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 266-276

  Wilby, R L ^a   O'Hare, G ^a   Barnsley, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347653404     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1997.tb06323.x     Document Type: Article

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