Heavy precipitation and high streamflow in the contiguous United States: Trends in the twentieth century

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-246

  Groisman, Pavel Ya ^a   Knight, Richard W ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001555267     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0219:HPAHSI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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