Trend indicators of atmospheric climate change based on global climate model scenarios

New Horizons in Occultation Research: Studies in Atmosphere and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 247-259

  Lackner, B C ^a   Steiner, A K ^a   Ladstadter F ^a   Kirchengast, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 84892136493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00321-9_20     Document Type: Chapter

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