British Rainfall 1860-1993

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Burt, Stephen ^a,b  

^a Stratfield Mortimer   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Meteorological Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORY; METEOROLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RAINFALL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951870882     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.603     Document Type: Review

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