Impact of polar vortex variability on the wintertime low-level climate of east Antarctica: results of a regional climate model
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i5.12161 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 485 - 496
Submitted on: Oct 5, 2001
Accepted on: Jun 13, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
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