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Enhanced evidence in climate models for changes in extratropical atmospheric circulation Cover

Enhanced evidence in climate models for changes in extratropical atmospheric circulation

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|Jan 2010

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Language: English
Page range: 647 - 660
Submitted on: Oct 7, 2009
Accepted on: Mar 11, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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