A hydrological overview of the summer 2007 floods in England and Wales

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 274-279

  Marsh, Terry ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54749099669     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.305     Document Type: Review

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