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Original Articles

On the mean meridional circulation and the flux of angular momentum over the northern hemisphere

E. O. HolopainenDepartment of Meteorology and Oceanography, The University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, Mich.
Pages 2-13 | Received 16 Aug 1965, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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