Projected Changes in Mean and Extreme Precipitation in Africa under Global Warming. Part I: Southern Africa

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Climate

• Publication date

  2009-07-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/2009JCLI2317.1
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