Climatology and variability of Southern Hemisphere marine cold-air outbreaks
By: Thomas J. Bracegirdle and Erik W. Kolstad
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00431.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 202 - 208
Submitted on: Aug 18, 2009
Accepted on: Dec 3, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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