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Transition of a synoptic system to a polar low via interaction with the orography of Greenland Cover

Transition of a synoptic system to a polar low via interaction with the orography of Greenland

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Volume 58 (2006): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00169.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 236 - 253
Submitted on: Jan 27, 2005
Accepted on: Oct 10, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2006 Rebekah Martin, G. W. K. Moore, published by Stockholm University Press
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