Using soil moisture forecasts for sub-seasonal summer temperature predictions in Europe

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3403-3418

  Orth, René ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84896552092     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2112-x     Document Type: Article

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