Rainfall drop size distribution in the Western Mediterranean basin, Valencia, Spain

Catena

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Cerda A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; Drops; Mediterranean; Rainfall; Size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030800743     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(97)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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