Annular modes of the troposphere and stratosphere

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-91

  Kushner, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84877341841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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