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Wintertime cyclone/anticyclone activity over China and its relation to upper tropospheric jets

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Language: English
Page range: 21889 - 21889
Submitted on: Jun 7, 2013
Accepted on: Dec 9, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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