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Gijs de Boer, Radiance Calmer, Gina Jozef, John J. Cassano, Jonathan Hamilton, Dale Lawrence, Steven Borenstein, Abhiram Doddi, Christopher Cox, Julia Schmale, Andreas Preusser, Brian Argrow
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Jonathan W. Rheinlaender, Richard Davy, Einar Olason, Pierre Rampal, Clemens Spensberger, Timothy D. Williams, Anton Korosov, Thomas Spengler
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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John Turner, Caroline Holmes, Thomas Caton Harrison, Tony Phillips, Babula Jena, Tylei Reeves-Francois, Ryan Fogt, Elizabeth R. Thomas, C. C. Bajish
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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Xiaoyi Shen, Chang-Qing Ke, Bin Cheng, Wentao Xia, Mengmeng Li, Xuening Yu, Haili Li
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(2021)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Stephen J. Vavrus, Ramdane Alkama
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Fabrice Collard, Louis Marie, Frederic Nouguier, Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Frithjof Ehlers, Fabrice Ardhuin
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Shaoyin Wang, Jiping Liu, Xiao Cheng, Dongxia Yang, Tobias Kerzenmacher, Xinqing Li, Yongyun Hu, Peter Braesicke
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Pepijn Bakker, Hugues Goosse, Didier M. Roche
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Yimin Zhang, Wei Yang, Wei Zhao, Yongli Zhang, Jiawei Shen, Hao Wei
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Katarzyna Bradtke, Agnieszka Herman
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Xin Liu, Marita Thomas, Edriss S. Titi
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(2022)
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Xiaolan L. Wang, Merce Casas-Prat, Yang Feng, Alexander Crosby, Val R. Swail
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Chaogang Guo, Weihua Ai, Shensen Hu, Xiaoyong Du, Nan Chen
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Bayoumy Mohamed, Frank Nilsen, Ragnheid Skogseth
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Yongjie Fang, Tongwen Wu, Aixue Hu, Min Chu
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Jingyuan Li, Qinghe Zhang, Tongqing Chen
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Guoquan Ran, Qinghe Zhang, Zereng Chen
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Mikael Schlumpf, Jordy Hendrikx, John Stormont, Ryan Webb
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(2024)
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William R. Jacobson
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Engineering, Environmental
Shanpeng Cao, Caichu Xia, Shuwei Zhou, Yao Zhang
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
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Sina Niazi, Aimane Najmeddine, Maryam Shakiba
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Shi-chun Cai, Xiao-hua Yang, Fei Ye
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
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Engineering, Environmental
Guanjun Wei, Chuanjin Lei, Maoning Gao, Hongyu Zhou, Xin Li, Chaoyue Zhang
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
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Cheng Xu, Yugui Yang, Shanshan Hou, Hui Zhang, Chenxiang Li
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Engineering, Environmental
Jianguo Lu, Wansheng Pei, Mingyi Zhang, Xusheng Wan, Jiacheng Zhang, Yindong Wang
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Florian McLelland, Floris van Breugel
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Purushottam Kumar Garg, Aparna Shukla, Mohd. Farooq Azam
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Junru Chen, Shuna Feng, Lang Jia, Jiagui Hou, Miles Dyck, Xiaobin Li, Qingbai Wu, Hailong He
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Kazuma Fukui, Chiemi Iba
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
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Ezieddin Madi, Kevin Pope, Weimin Huang
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COLD REGIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)