A precipitation climatology of the Alps from high-resolution rain-gauge observations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 873-900

  Frei, Christoph ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0032580997     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980630)18:8<873::AID-JOC255>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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