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Extreme waves and climatic patterns of variability in the eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean basins
Verónica Morales-Márquez
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IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
Invited contribution by Verónica Morales-Márquez, recipient of the EGU Ocean Sciences Outstanding Student Poster Award 2019.
Alejandro Orfila
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
Gonzalo Simarro
ICM, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Marta Marcos
IMEDEA (UIB-CSIC), Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
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