The surface climatology of an ordinary katabatic wind regime in Coats Land, Antarctica
By: Ian A. Renfrew and Philip S. Anderson
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i5.12162 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 463 - 484
Submitted on: Nov 8, 2001
Accepted on: May 21, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2002 Ian A. Renfrew, Philip S. Anderson, published by Stockholm University Press
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