Interdecadal variability of regional climate change: Implications for the development of regional climate change scenarios

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Giorgi, F ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 21844441648     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0118-y     Document Type: Article

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