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Climatological properties of summertime extra-tropical storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere Cover

Climatological properties of summertime extra-tropical storm tracks in the Northern Hemisphere

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00305.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 557 - 569
Submitted on: Apr 26, 2007
Accepted on: Dec 20, 2007
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2008 Michel dos Santos Mesquita, Nils Gunnar Kvamstø, Asgeir Sorteberg, David E. Atkinson, published by Stockholm University Press
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