Secular Trends of Precipitation Amount, Frequency, and Intensity in the United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Karl, Thomas R ^a   Knight, Richard W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0011917794     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0231:STOPAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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