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Evaluation of a sub-kilometre NWP system in an Arctic fjord-valley system in winter Cover

Evaluation of a sub-kilometre NWP system in an Arctic fjord-valley system in winter

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|Jan 2020

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Language: English
Page range: 1838181 - 1838181
Published on: Jan 1, 2020
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2020 Teresa Valkonen, Patrick Stoll, Yurii Batrak, Morten Køltzow, Thea Maria Schneider, Emmy E. Stigter, Ola B. Aashamar, Eivind Støylen, Marius O. Jonassen, published by Stockholm University Press
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