Mass, momentum, and geodynamics

Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 271-296

  Chao, Benjamin F ^a   Salstein, David A ^a  

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13914-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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