Record dry summer in 2015 challenges precipitation projections in Central Europe

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Orth, René ^a   Zscheischler, Jakob ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84975489648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28334     Document Type: Article

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