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Record 1 2012-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

subtropical storm: A low pressure system, developing over waters which are neither in the tropics nor the mid latitudes, and which initially contains few tropical characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

tempête subtropicale : Centre de basses pressions qui se développe au-dessus des eaux qui ne sont ni sous les tropiques ni dans les latitudes moyennes et qui, au départ, avait peu de caractéristiques tropicales.

Spanish

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