A close look at oceanic sources of continental precipitation

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Volumn 92, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 193-194

  Gimeno, Luis ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a   Drumond, Anita ^a   Durn Quesada, Ana María ^a   Stohl, Andreas ^b   Sodemann, Harold ^b,c   Trigo, Ricardo M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 79959512406     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011EO230001     Document Type: Article

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