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High-latitude volcanic eruptions in the Norwegian Earth System Model: the effect of different initial conditions and of the ensemble size Cover

High-latitude volcanic eruptions in the Norwegian Earth System Model: the effect of different initial conditions and of the ensemble size

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|Jan 2015

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Language: English
Page range: 26728 - 26728
Submitted on: Nov 25, 2014
Accepted on: May 21, 2015
Published on: Jan 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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