Multiple-scale spatio-temporal variability of precipitation over the coterminous United States

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 373-392

  Joseph, Renu ^a   Ting, Mingfang ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 0034350073     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0373:MSSTVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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