Effect of Equatorial Long Waves on the North Equatorial Countercurrent
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عنوان ژورنال: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1017-0839
DOI: 10.3319/tao.1992.3.2.199(o)