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Skill and added value of the MiKlip regional decadal prediction system for temperature over Europe Cover

Skill and added value of the MiKlip regional decadal prediction system for temperature over Europe

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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 Hendrik Feldmann, Joaquim G. Pinto, Natalie Laube, Marianne Uhlig, Julia Moemken, Alexander Pasternack, Barbara Früh, Holger Pohlmann, Christoph Kottmeier, published by Stockholm University Press
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