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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-235-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-235-2014
Research article
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14 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2014

Rapid and sudden advection of warm and dry air in the Mediterranean Basin

J. Mazon, D. Pino, and M. Barriendos

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