Objective climatology of cyclones in the Mediterranean region: a consensus view among methods with different system identification and tracking criteria
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v68.29391 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 29391 - 29391
Submitted on: Aug 9, 2015
Accepted on: Mar 27, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
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© 2016 Piero Lionello, Isabel F. Trigo, Victoria Gil, Margarida L. R. Liberato, Katrin M. Nissen, Joaquim G. Pinto, Christoph C. Raible, Marco Reale, Annalisa Tanzarella, Ricardo M. Trigo, Sven Ulbrich, Uwe Ulbrich, published by Stockholm University Press
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