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Atmospheric circulation controls on precipitation isotope–climate relations in western Canada Cover

Atmospheric circulation controls on precipitation isotope–climate relations in western Canada

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 61 (2009): Issue 3
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|Jan 2009
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00423.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 566 - 576
Submitted on: Aug 25, 2008
Accepted on: Mar 31, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2009
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2009 S. J. Birks, T. W. D. Edwards, published by Stockholm University Press
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