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01 Mar 2007
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2472.1
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397–398
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Corresponding author address: Lasse Makkonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland. Email: lasse.makkonen@vtt.fi

Corresponding author address: Lasse Makkonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, 02044 VTT, Finland. Email: lasse.makkonen@vtt.fi

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