Comparison between the droughts of the 1930s and the 1980s in the southern prairies of Canada

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2434-2450

  Nkemdirim, Lawrence ^a   Weber, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; PRAIRIE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033172651     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2434:cbtdot>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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