Large uncertainty in observed estimates of tropical  width from the meridional stream function

Baldassare, Daniel; Reichler, Thomas; Plink-Björklund, Piret; Slawson, Jacob

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-531-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-531-2023

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22 Jun 2023

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Large uncertainty in observed estimates of tropical width from the meridional stream function

Daniel Baldassare, Thomas Reichler, Piret Plink-Björklund, and Jacob Slawson

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