The quasi-biennial oscillation

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-229

  Baldwin, M P ^a   Gray, L J ^a   Dunkerton, T J ^a   Hamilton, K ^a   Haynes, P H ^a   Randel, W J ^a   Holton, J R ^a   Alexander, M J ^a   Hirota, I ^a   Horinouchi, T ^a   Jones, D B A ^a   Kinnersley, J S ^a   Marquardt, C ^a   Sato, K ^a   Takahashi, M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 17844403487     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG000073     Document Type: Article

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