How useful are teleconnection patterns for explaining variability in extratropical storminess?
By: I. A. Seierstad, D. B. Stephenson and N. G. Kvamstø
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00226.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 170 - 181
Submitted on: Jun 23, 2006
Accepted on: Dec 11, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2007 I. A. Seierstad, D. B. Stephenson, N. G. Kvamstø, published by Stockholm University Press
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