El nino-induced flooding in the U.S. West: What can we expect?

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Volumn 83, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 349-352

  Pizarro, Gonzalo ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0043196621     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002EO000255     Document Type: Article

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