Atmospheric circulation and its impact on ice phenology in Scandinavia

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-380

  Blenckner, Thorsten ^a   Järvinen, Marko ^b   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 8344284380     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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