Rainfall in the garden of the United States Great Plains, 1870-1889

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 173-195

  Mock, Cary J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033973614     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005570827123     Document Type: Article

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