Climate warming-induced intensification of the hydrologic cycle. An assessment of the published record and potential impacts on agriculture

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 109, Issue C, 2010, Pages 1-53

  Huntington, Thomas G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385040-9.00001-3     Document Type: Book

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