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Evaluation of daily temperatures in Central Europe and their links to large-scale circulation in an ensemble of regional climate models Cover

Evaluation of daily temperatures in Central Europe and their links to large-scale circulation in an ensemble of regional climate models

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Language: English
Page range: 763 - 781
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2010
Accepted on: Dec 27, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Eva Plavcová, Jan Kyselý, published by Stockholm University Press
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