Climatology of water excesses and shortages in the La Plata Basin

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-27

  Krepper, Carlos M ^a   Zucarelli, Graciela V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 83355161791     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0234-6     Document Type: Article

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