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Operational predictability of monthly average maximum temperature over the Iberian Peninsula using DEMETER simulations and downscaling Cover

Operational predictability of monthly average maximum temperature over the Iberian Peninsula using DEMETER simulations and downscaling

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Volume 57 (2005): Issue 3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14659 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 448 - 463
Submitted on: Mar 26, 2004
Accepted on: Oct 26, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 M. Dolores Frías, Jesús Fernández, Jon Sáenz, Concepción Rodríguez-Puebla, published by Stockholm University Press
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