The Atlantic inflow to the Saharan heat low: observations and modelling

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

• Publication date

  2010-01-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/qj.429
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