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Variability of wind direction statistics of mean and extreme wind events over the Baltic Sea region Cover

Variability of wind direction statistics of mean and extreme wind events over the Baltic Sea region

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.29073 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 29073 - 29073
Submitted on: Jul 7, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 30, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
wind directions,
Baltic Sea,
mean and extreme wind,
reanalysis,
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© 2015 Svenja E. Bierstedt, Birgit Hünicke, Eduardo Zorita, published by Stockholm University Press
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