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Original Articles

The synoptic climatology of polar-low outbreaks over the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea

Steven BusingerDepartment of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, USA
Pages 307-325 | Received 14 Jun 1986, Accepted 21 Jan 1987, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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