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Original Articles

Spectral study of wintertime kinetic energy of the northern hemisphere in the troposphere

H. N. LeeDepartment of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah841 12, U.S.A.
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Z. ZhaoDepartment of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah841 12, U.S.A.
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S. K. Kao
Pages 88-99 | Received 10 Oct 1981, Accepted 05 Apr 1982, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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