The analysis of water vapor budget and its future change in the Yellow-Huai-Hai region of China

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10,702-10,719

  Shi, Fangxin ^a   Hao, Zhenchun ^a   Shao, Quanxi ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 85018214599     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021431     Document Type: Article

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