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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2-201-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2-201-2011
Research article
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29 Nov 2011
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2011

Jet stream wind power as a renewable energy resource: little power, big impacts

L. M. Miller, F. Gans, and A. Kleidon

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