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A model study on the relation between atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics and poleward atmospheric moisture transport in Antarctica Cover

A model study on the relation between atmospheric boundary-layer dynamics and poleward atmospheric moisture transport in Antarctica

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|Jan 2002

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Language: English
Page range: 497 - 511
Submitted on: Dec 6, 2001
Accepted on: Jul 19, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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