An extreme precipitation event in southern Morocco in spring 2002 and some hydrological implications

Weather

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 377-387

  Fink, Andreas H ^a   Knippertz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0347907459     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.256.02     Document Type: Article

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