The central European floods of August 2002: Part 2 –Synoptic causes and considerations with respect to climatic change

Weather

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 434-442

  Ulbrich, Uwe ^a   Brücher, Tim ^a   Fink, Andreas H ^a   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^a   Krüger, Andreas ^a   Pinto, Joaquim G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 84941924627     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.61.03B     Document Type: Article

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