Problems with the Mean Sea Level Pressure Field over the Western United States
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عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Weather Review
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0027-0644,1520-0493
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1952:pwtmsl>2.0.co;2