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Satellite derived precipitation and freshwater flux variability and its dependence on the North Atlantic Oscillation Cover

Satellite derived precipitation and freshwater flux variability and its dependence on the North Atlantic Oscillation

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Volume 62 (2010): Issue 4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00458.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 453 - 468
Submitted on: Aug 7, 2009
Accepted on: Apr 9, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2010 Axel Andersson, Stephan Bakan, Hartmut Graßl, published by Stockholm University Press
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