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Polar meteorology: Results of Russian research in 2011–2014

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A review of the results of Russian polar research performed in 2011–2014 is provided. It is based on material prepared by the Commission on Polar Meteorology of the National Geophysical Committee, Russian Academy of Sciences, for the National Report on Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences submitted to General Assembly XXVI of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics1 [1].

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Lagun, V.E., Klepikov, A.V. & Danilov, A.I. Polar meteorology: Results of Russian research in 2011–2014. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 53, 564–578 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433817050073

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