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Does low-frequency atmospheric variability exhibit regime-like behavior?

John M. WallaceDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA98195, USA
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Xinhua ChengCenter for Earth and Planetary Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
Pages 16-26 | Received 12 Jul 1990, Accepted 21 Nov 1990, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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