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The structure and evolution of a wintertime occluded front

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|Jan 1990

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Language: English
Page range: 122 - 139
Submitted on: Dec 1, 1988
Accepted on: May 16, 1989
Published on: Jan 1, 1990
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1990 Pirkko Saarikivi, Timo Puhakka, published by Stockholm University Press
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