Summer rainfall and wheat grain quality: Relationships with the North Atlantic Oscillation

Weather

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Kettlewell, Peter S ^a   Stephenson, David B ^b   Atkinson, Mark D ^a   Hollins, Philip D ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845301787     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.38.02     Document Type: Article

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