Trends in Canadian precipitation intensity

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-347

  Stone, Dáithí A ^a   Weaver, Andrew J ^a   Zwiers, Francis W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0034342362     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2000.9649651     Document Type: Article

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