Precipitation: Theory, measurement and distribution

Precipitation: Theory, Measurement and Distribution

Volumn 9780521851176, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-290

  Strangeways, Ian ^a  

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FLOOD CONTROL; RAIN GAGES; WATER RESOURCES;

ANCIENT GREEKS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL TRENDS; RAIN GAUGES;

RAIN;

EID: 84927076351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535772     Document Type: Book

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