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Original Articles
Utility of Hovmöller diagrams to diagnose Rossby wave trains
Ilona GlattInstitut f¨ur Physik der Atmosph¨are, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit¨at Mainz, Mainz, Germany;Correspondencee-mail: [email protected]
, Andreas DornbrackInstitut f¨ur Physik der Atmosph¨are, Deutsches Zentrum f¨ur Luft-und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany;
, Sarah JonesInstitut f¨ur Physik der Atmosph¨are, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit¨at Mainz, Mainz, Germany;
, Julia KellerKarlsruher Institut f¨ur Technologie, Institut f¨ur Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-TRO), Karlsruhe, Germany;
, O. MartiusInstitut f¨ur Physik der Atmosph¨are, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit¨at Mainz, Mainz, Germany;
, Aurelia MullerInstitute of Geography, University of Bern, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Bern, Switzerland;
, Dieter H. W. PetersInstitut f¨ur Physik der Atmosph¨are, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit¨at Mainz, Mainz, Germany;
& Volkmar WirthLeibniz-Institut f¨ur Atmosph¨arenphysik e.V., Universit¨at Rostock, K¨uhlungsborn, Germany
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Received 23 Dec 2010, Accepted 12 Jul 2011, Published online: 15 Dec 2016
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