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Numerical simulations of Greenland’s impact on the Northern Hemisphere winter circulation Cover

Numerical simulations of Greenland’s impact on the Northern Hemisphere winter circulation

Tellus
Volume 56 (2004): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i2.14400 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 102 - 111
Submitted on: Oct 16, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2004 Guđrún Nína Petersen, Jón Egill Kristjánsson, Haraldur Ólafsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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