Downscaling the hydrological cycle in the Mackenzie basin with the Canadian regional climate model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-211

  MacKay, Murray D ^a   Stewart, Ronald E ^a   Bergeron, Guy ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0032343235     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1998.9649611     Document Type: Article

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