Spatial variabilities and their relationships of the trends of temperature, water vapor, and precipitation in the North American Regional Reanalysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lu, Er ^a   Takle, Eugene S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84875034922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013192     Document Type: Article

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