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The number of days with blizzard, the intensity, duration, periods of occurrence, and dynamics of blizzards in the mountain regions of Georgia are investigated using observational data from 20 weather stations. The features of wind and temperature regimes of blizzards are revealed.
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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2020, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2020, No. 1, pp. 110–114.
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Elizbarashvili, E.S., Elizbarashvili, M.E., Elizbarashvili, S.E. et al. Blizzards in Mountain Regions of Georgia. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 45, 58–62 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373920010082
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