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Impact of sea ice cover changes on the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric winter circulation Cover

Impact of sea ice cover changes on the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric winter circulation

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Language: English
Page range: 11595 - 11595
Submitted on: Jan 14, 2011
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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