Interannual to century scale climate variability in the European Alps

Erdkunde

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-69

  Wanner, Heinz ^a   Holzhauser, Hanspeter ^a   Pfister, Christian ^a   Zumbühl, Heinz ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLACIER DYNAMICS;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 0034013690     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2000.01.05     Document Type: Article

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