Articles | Volume 20, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1573-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1573-2016
Review article
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25 Apr 2016
Review article |  | 25 Apr 2016

Recent climatic, cryospheric, and hydrological changes over the interior of western Canada: a review and synthesis

Chris M. DeBeer, Howard S. Wheater, Sean K. Carey, and Kwok P. Chun

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