A comparison of two identification and tracking methods for polar lows
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17196 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 17196 - 17196
Submitted on: Jun 29, 2011
Accepted on: Jan 2, 2012
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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