Temperature and precipitation trends in Canada during the 20th century

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 395-429

  Zhang, Xuebin ^a   Vincent, Lucie A ^a   Hogg, W D ^a   Niitsoo, Ain ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0034338379     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2000.9649654     Document Type: Article

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