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Resolving an atmospheric enigma [1]

In 1971, meteorologists Roland Madden and Paul Julian studied weather data from near equatorial Pacific islands. To their surprise, tropospheric winds, pressure and rainfall oscillated with a period of about 40 to 50 days.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2007
Dennis L. Hartmann [2], Harry H. Hendon [3]
Science [4]
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