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The effects of interactions between surface forcings in the development of a model-simulated polar low in Hudson Bay Cover

The effects of interactions between surface forcings in the development of a model-simulated polar low in Hudson Bay

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Language: English
Page range: 61 - 87
Submitted on: Nov 29, 2000
Accepted on: Jun 18, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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