Near surface westerly wind jet in the Atlantic ITCZ

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Geophysical Research Letters

• Publication date

  2003-10-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1029/2003GL017867
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