Monsoon climate variabilities

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 2010, Pages 27-51

  Li, Tim ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84866371494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GM000782     Document Type: Review

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