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Organisation of potential vorticity on the mesoscale during deep moist convection Cover

Organisation of potential vorticity on the mesoscale during deep moist convection

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|Dec 2015

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Language: English
Page range: 25705 - 25705
Submitted on: Aug 12, 2014
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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