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Antarctic mesocyclone regimes from satellite and conventional data Cover

Antarctic mesocyclone regimes from satellite and conventional data

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|Jan 1992

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Language: English
Page range: 180 - 196
Submitted on: Aug 15, 1990
Accepted on: May 21, 1991
Published on: Jan 1, 1992
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1992 Mark Fitch, Andrew M. Carleton, published by Stockholm University Press
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