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Climatology of the Iberia coastal low-level wind jet: weather research forecasting model high-resolution results Cover

Climatology of the Iberia coastal low-level wind jet: weather research forecasting model high-resolution results

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Language: English
Page range: 22377 - 22377
Submitted on: Jul 19, 2013
Accepted on: Nov 25, 2013
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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