A global survey of ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate variability

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 147, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-19

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Carton, James A ^c  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85011411786     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/147GM01     Document Type: Chapter

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