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spellingShingle Strong, Courtenay, Davis, Robert E., Geophysical Research Letters, The surface of maximum wind as an alternative to the isobaric surface for wind climatology, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics
title The surface of maximum wind as an alternative to the isobaric surface for wind climatology
title_full The surface of maximum wind as an alternative to the isobaric surface for wind climatology
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title_unstemmed The surface of maximum wind as an alternative to the isobaric surface for wind climatology
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