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Original Articles

On the mean meridional transport of energy in the atmosphere and oceans as derived from six years of ECMWF analyses

Réjean MichaudOn leave from the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Paris, France.
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Jacques DeromeOn leave from the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique du CNRS, Paris, France.
Pages 1-14 | Received 11 Jan 1990, Accepted 30 Jul 1990, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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