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quasi-biennial oscillation: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: Freie Universität Berlin - Department of Earth Sciences / Institute of Meteorology - The Quasi-Biennial-Oscillation Data Serie. Sep 07, 2015
Add new Web site: World Climate Research Programme - Effects of the Stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on Seasonal Predictability of Tropospheric Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics. Sep 07, 2015
Add new Web site: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory - The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. Sep 07, 2015
The wind-velocity range of the quasi-biennial oscillation changed to between 15 and 35 metres per second; "Krakatoa easterlies," the alternate name of the Krakatoa winds, added. Jun 19, 2012
Article revised and updated. Jun 27, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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