The United Kingdom Meteorological Office rainfall and evaporation calculation system: MORECS version 2.0 - An overview

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-239

  Hough, M N ^a   Jones, R J A ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Soil Survey and Land Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000069292     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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