North atlantic oscillation: Description, mechanisms, and influence on the eurasian climate

Physical Oceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-113

  Polonskii, A B ^a   Basharin, D V ^a   Voskresenskaya, E N ^a   Worley, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33747626576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09285105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POCE.0000037873.85289.6e     Document Type: Article

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