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Evaluation of a regional climate model using in situ temperature observations over the Balkan Peninsula Cover

Evaluation of a regional climate model using in situ temperature observations over the Balkan Peninsula

Tellus
Volume 61 (2009): Issue 3
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|Jan 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00389.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 357 - 370
Submitted on: Apr 2, 2008
Accepted on: Dec 4, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2009 E. Kostopoulou, K. Tolika, I. Tegoulias, C. Giannakopoulos, S. Somot, C. Anagnostopoulou, P. Maheras, published by Stockholm University Press
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