Modeling land-climate coupling in Europe: Impact of land surface representation on climate variability and extremes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Lorenz, R ^a   Davin, E L ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84868019329     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017755     Document Type: Article

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