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Accessing extremes of mid-latitudinal wave activity: methodology and application

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Volume 61 (2009): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00375.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 35 - 49
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2007
Accepted on: Sep 18, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2009 R. Vitolo, P. M. Ruti, A. Dell’Aquila, M. Felici, V. Lucarini, A. Speranza, published by Stockholm University Press
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