Extreme precipitation events and the applicability of global climate models to the study of floods and droughts

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 43, Issue 3-6, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Kothavala, Zavareh ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); YACHTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031096347     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4754(97)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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