Downscaling ECMWF seasonal precipitation forecasts in Europe using the RCA model
By: E. Díez, B. Orfila, M. D. Frías, J. Fernández, A. S. Cofiño and J. M. Gutiérrez
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00523.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 757 - 762
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2010
Accepted on: Mar 18, 2011
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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