Post hoc evaluation of hazardous weather: Snowstorms in the Montréal, Québec, area in March 2008

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Descurieux, Jacques ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84866312164     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WCAS1018.1     Document Type: Article

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