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Estimating maximum global land surface wind power extractability and associated climatic consequences
L. M. Miller
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
International Max-Planck Research School for Earth System Modeling, Hamburg, Germany
F. Gans
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
A. Kleidon
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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