A numerical case study of a polar low in the Labrador Sea
By: J. Mailhot, D. Hanley, B. Bilodeau and O. Hertzman
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v48i3.12067 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 383 - 402
Submitted on: Apr 19, 1995
Accepted on: Oct 2, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1996
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1996 J. Mailhot, D. Hanley, B. Bilodeau, O. Hertzman, published by Stockholm University Press
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