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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2577-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-2577-2014
Research article
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11 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2014

The role of the Amazon Basin moisture in the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle: a Lagrangian analysis

A. Drumond, J. Marengo, T. Ambrizzi, R. Nieto, L. Moreira, and L. Gimeno

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