Downscaling of DEMETER winter seasonal hindcasts over Northern Italy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14665 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 424 - 434
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2004
Accepted on: Oct 25, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 V. Pavan, S. Marchesi, A. Morgillo, C. Cacciamani, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, published by Stockholm University Press
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