On the rainfall distribution with altitude over Costa Rica

Revista Geofisica

Volumn , Issue 44, 1996, Pages 56-72

  Fernández, Walter ^a   Chacon R E ^b   Melgarejo, José W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030316608     PISSN: 02529769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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