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Mechanisms of Antarctic katabatic currents near Terra Nova Bay Cover

Mechanisms of Antarctic katabatic currents near Terra Nova Bay

Tellus
Volume 54 (2002): Issue 2
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|Jan 2002
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i2.12132 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 187 - 204
Submitted on: Feb 19, 2001
Accepted on: Sep 13, 2001
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2002 S. Davolio, A. Buzzi, published by Stockholm University Press
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