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North Atlantic weather regimes in δ18O of winter precipitation: isotopic fingerprint of the response in the atmospheric circulation after volcanic eruptions Cover

North Atlantic weather regimes in δ18O of winter precipitation: isotopic fingerprint of the response in the atmospheric circulation after volcanic eruptions

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Language: English
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Published on: Jan 1, 2019
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© 2019 Hera Guđlaugsdóttir, Jesper Sjolte, Árný Erla Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Martin Werner, Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, published by Stockholm University Press
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