Tropical circulation and hydrological cycle response to orbital forcing
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Response of the Equatorial Pacific Seasonal Cycle to Orbital Forcing
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2012gl052482