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Principles of the New Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and its Application to Bioclimatic Research in European Scale

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|Nov 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 91 - 102
Published on: Nov 25, 2018
Published by: University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Krzysztof Błażejczyk, Peter Broede, Dusan Fiala, George Havenith, Ingvar Holmér, Gerd Jendritzky, Bernhardt Kampmann, Anna Kunert, published by University of Warsaw
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