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Thematic cl.: Towards regional climate system modeling for the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Arctic Ocean

Sensitivity of simulated regional Arctic climate to the choice of coupled model domain

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Article: 23966 | Received 31 Jan 2014, Accepted 04 Jun 2014, Published online: 03 Jul 2014

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