A numerical study of the development mechanisms of polar lows
By: Joseph M. Sardie and Thomas T. Warner
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v37i5.11689 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 460 - 477
Submitted on: Oct 15, 1984
Accepted on: Apr 27, 1985
Published on: Jan 1, 1985
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1985 Joseph M. Sardie, Thomas T. Warner, published by Stockholm University Press
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