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Advances in Meteorology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 568454, 16 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/568454
Research Article
Wind Climate in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, and Attribution of Leading Wind Driving Mechanisms through Turbulence-Resolving Simulations
1Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, G.C. Rieber Climate Institute, 5006 Bergen, Norway
2Centre for Climate Dynamics, 5020 Bergen, Norway
3Obukhov Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017 Moscow, Russia
Received 31 October 2011; Revised 28 January 2012; Accepted 22 February 2012
Academic Editor: Anna Sjöblom
Copyright © 2012 Igor Esau and Irina Repina. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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