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The Influence of the Planetary Boundary Layer on the Atmospheric State at an Orographic Site at the Eastern Mediterranean Cover

The Influence of the Planetary Boundary Layer on the Atmospheric State at an Orographic Site at the Eastern Mediterranean

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|Jun 2024

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Language: English
Page range: 19 - 31
Submitted on: Dec 30, 2023
Accepted on: May 28, 2024
Published on: Jun 14, 2024
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2024 Romanos Foskinis, Kunfeng Gao, Maria I. Gini, Evangelia Diapouli, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Granakis, Olga Zografou, Panagiotis Kokkalis, Mika Komppula, Ville Vakkari, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Athanasios Nenes, Alexandros Papayannis, published by Stockholm University Press
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