The rainfall regime in Lisbon in the last 150 years

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-403

  Kutiel, H ^a   Trigo, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 84891358736     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1066-y     Document Type: Article

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