Predictability of seasonal precipitation in the Nordic region

Henrik Feddersen

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v55i5.12107

Predictability of seasonal precipitation in the Nordic region

Tellus

Volume 55 (2003): Issue 5

By: Henrik Feddersen

Open Access

|Jan 2003

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