Applied hydrometeorology

Applied Hydrometeorology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-384

  Rakhecha, Pukh Raj ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

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EID: 84892192769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9844-4     Document Type: Book

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