Decline of fog, mist and haze in Europe over the past 30 years

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Vautard, Robert ^a   Yiou, Pascal ^a   Van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

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EID: 65349130651     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo414     Document Type: Article

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