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Climate mode simulation of North Atlantic polar lows in a limited area model Cover

Climate mode simulation of North Atlantic polar lows in a limited area model

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Volume 60 (2008): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00330.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 620 - 631
Submitted on: Jun 18, 2007
Accepted on: Mar 10, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2008 Matthias Zahn, Hans Von Storch, Stephan Bakan, published by Stockholm University Press
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