Climate variability in the west: Complex spatial structure associated with topography, and observational issues

Water and climate: In the Western United States

Volumn 9780870817533, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-48

  Redmond, Kelly T ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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