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A model-based diagnostic study of the development and maintenance mechanism of two polar lows Cover

A model-based diagnostic study of the development and maintenance mechanism of two polar lows

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|Jan 1990

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Language: English
Page range: 92 - 108
Submitted on: Jan 9, 1989
Accepted on: May 8, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1990 Thor Erik Nordeng, published by Stockholm University Press
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