The 2003 European summer heatwaves and drought –synoptic diagnosis and impacts

Weather

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 209-216

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 85014349892     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.73.04     Document Type: Article

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