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Polar low tracks over the Nordic Seas: a 14-winter climatic analysis Cover

Polar low tracks over the Nordic Seas: a 14-winter climatic analysis

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|Dec 2015

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Language: English
Page range: 24660 - 24660
Submitted on: Apr 15, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 2, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2015 Maxence Rojo, Chantal Claud, Paul-Etienne Mallet, Gunnar Noer, Andrew M. Carleton, Marie Vicomte, published by Stockholm University Press
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