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Multi-scale variability of winds in the complex topography of southwestern Norway Cover

Multi-scale variability of winds in the complex topography of southwestern Norway

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|Dec 2012

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Language: English
Page range: 11962 - 11962
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2011
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2012 Marius O. Jonassen, Haraldur Ólafsson, Joachim Reuder, Jan A. Olseth, published by Stockholm University Press
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