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Climate dynamics and climate modelling

Wintertime cyclone/anticyclone activity over China and its relation to upper tropospheric jets

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Article: 21889 | Received 07 Jun 2013, Accepted 09 Dec 2013, Published online: 16 Jan 2014

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