Climate and climate change in western canada as simulated by the canadian regional climate model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-167

  Laprise, Rene ^a   Caya, Daniel ^a   Giguere, Michel ^a   Bergeron, Guy ^a   Côté, Hélène ^a   Blanchet, Jean Pierre ^a   Boer, George J ^b   McFarlane, Norman A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0032334726     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1998.9649609     Document Type: Article

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