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Simulations of the Bergen orographic wind shelter Cover

Simulations of the Bergen orographic wind shelter

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|Dec 2013

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Language: English
Page range: 19206 - 19206
Submitted on: Jul 27, 2012
Accepted on: May 31, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2013
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2013 Marius O. Jonassen, Haraldur Ólafsson, Aslaug S. Valved, Joachim Reuder, Jan A. Olseth, published by Stockholm University Press
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