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A Global Climatology of Explosive Cyclones using a Multi-Tracking Approach Cover

A Global Climatology of Explosive Cyclones using a Multi-Tracking Approach

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|Jan 2019

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Language: English
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Published on: Jan 1, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2019 Marco Reale, Margarida L.R. Liberato, Piero Lionello, Joaquim G. Pinto, Stefano Salon, Sven Ulbrich, published by Stockholm University Press
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