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11 Jun 2014
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| 11 Jun 2014
Centennial-scale variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt in the eastern Pacific over the past two millennia
B. G. Koffman
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
K. J. Kreutz
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
D. J. Breton
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bennett Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
currently at: USACE-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
E. J. Kane
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
D. A. Winski
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
currently at: Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
S. D. Birkel
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
A. V. Kurbatov
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
M. J. Handley
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 300 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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