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Assessment of a zoomed global model for the North Sea by comparison with a conventional nested regional model Cover

Assessment of a zoomed global model for the North Sea by comparison with a conventional nested regional model

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Language: English
Page range: 23927 - 23927
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2014
Accepted on: Jun 8, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2014 Jian Su, Dmitry V. Sein, Moritz Mathis, Bernhard Mayer, Kieran O’Driscoll, Xinping Chen, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Thomas Pohlmann, published by Stockholm University Press
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