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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-19-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-19-2021
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15 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 15 Jan 2021

Polar lows – moist-baroclinic cyclones developing in four different vertical wind shear environments

Patrick Johannes Stoll, Thomas Spengler, Annick Terpstra, and Rune Grand Graversen

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Polar lows are intense meso-scale cyclones occurring at high latitudes. The research community...