Rehabilitation and analysis of Canadian daily precipitation time series

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-85

  Mekis, Eva ^a   Hogg, William D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0033442495     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.1999.9649621     Document Type: Article

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