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The impact of climate change on the Iberian low-level wind jet: EURO-CORDEX regional climate simulation Cover

The impact of climate change on the Iberian low-level wind jet: EURO-CORDEX regional climate simulation

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Language: English
Page range: 29005 - 29005
Submitted on: Jun 29, 2015
Accepted on: Dec 11, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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