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Seasonal cyclone variability at 70°N and its impact on moisture transport into the Arctic Cover

Seasonal cyclone variability at 70°N and its impact on moisture transport into the Arctic

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00314.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 570 - 586
Submitted on: Apr 30, 2007
Accepted on: Jan 10, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Asgeir Sorteberg, John E. Walsh, published by Stockholm University Press
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