Forced Annular Mode Patterns in a Simple Atmospheric General Circulation Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1520-0469,0022-4928
DOI: 10.1175/jas4031.1