Stratospheric polar vortices

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Waugh, Darryn W ^a   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84899886366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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