Climate variability and high altitude temperature and precipitation

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-156

  Vuille, Mathias ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84891747132     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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