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The relationship between Indian summer monsoon rainfall and Atlantic multidecadal variability over the last 500 years Cover

The relationship between Indian summer monsoon rainfall and Atlantic multidecadal variability over the last 500 years

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|Dec 2016

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Language: English
Page range: 31717 - 31717
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2016
Accepted on: Oct 21, 2016
Published on: Dec 1, 2016
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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