Future changes in human-biometeorological index classes in three regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lokys, Hanna Leona ^a,b   Junk, Jürgen ^a   Krein, Andreas ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84930636418     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/323856     Document Type: Article

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