Rainfall kinetic energy and its relationship to intensity in the Mediterranean climate

Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 675-683

  Ramos, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

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