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Observation of polar lows by the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit: potential and limitations

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Volume 61 (2009): Issue 2
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|Jan 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00384.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 264 - 277
Submitted on: Jun 9, 2008
Accepted on: Nov 20, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 C. Claud, B. M. Funatsu, G. Noer, J.-P. Chaboureau, published by Stockholm University Press
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