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Record #28580:
Blocking action in the southern hemisphere. Part I / Harry van Loon.
Title: | Blocking action in the southern hemisphere. Part I / Harry van Loon. |
Author(s): | Loon, Harry van. |
Date: | 1956. |
Publisher: | [Pretoria] : |
In: | Notos. (1956.), Vol. 5(3) (1956) |
Abstract: | A 5-year study of historical synoptic charts showed that blocking situations are rather common. Those that persist for at least 6 days occur almost entirely in 3 areas: eastern Australasia-western S. Pacific Ocean; the Scotia Sea; and the region between Marion and Crozet Islands. |
Notes: | Notos. Vol. 5(3) :171-177 (1956). |
Keywords: | 551.5 -- Meteorology. 551.515.8 -- Air masses and fronts. D -- Atmospheric sciences. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. (*82) -- South Atlantic Ocean. |
SPRI record no.: | 28580 |
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