Annual variation of the global precipitable water and its maintenance: observation and climate-simulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v48i1.11629 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 16
Submitted on: Apr 5, 1994
Accepted on: Mar 21, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1996
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1996 Tsing-Chang Chen, Ming-Cheng Yen, James Pfaendtner, Y. C. Sud, published by Stockholm University Press
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