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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3921-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3921-2013
Research article
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15 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 15 Oct 2013

Precipitation and snow cover in the Himalaya: from reanalysis to regional climate simulations

M. Ménégoz, H. Gallée, and H. W. Jacobi

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