Changes in mean and extreme precipitation in near-term predictions up to the year 2030

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 17-20

  Shiogama, Hideo ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Nozawa, Toru ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 42449120912     PISSN: 13496476     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2008-005     Document Type: Article

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