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Arctic amplification: does it impact the polar jet stream?

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|Dec 2016

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Language: English
Page range: 32330 - 32330
Submitted on: May 19, 2016
Accepted on: Aug 24, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2016 Valentin P. Meleshko, Ola M. Johannessen, Andrey V. Baidin, Tatiana V. Pavlova, Veronika A. Govorkova, published by Stockholm University Press
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