A history of rain gauges

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Strangeways, Ian ^a  

^a TerraData   (United Kingdom)

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HISTORY; RAINGAUGE;

EID: 77951824099     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.548     Document Type: Review

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