A successful resimulation of the 7–8 January 2005 winter storm through initial potential vorticity modification in sensitive regions
By: B. Røsting and J. E. Kristjánsson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00329.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 604 - 619
Submitted on: Sep 13, 2007
Accepted on: Mar 10, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2008 B. Røsting, J. E. Kristjánsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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