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Storminess and environmental change : climate forcing and responses in the Mediterranean region

This book describes recent developments in the modeling of hydro-climatological processes in time and space. The topic brings together a wide range of disciplines, such as climatology, hydrology, geomorphology and ecology, with examples of problems and related modeling approaches. Parsimonious hydro...

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Main Author: Diodato, Nazzareno Bellocchi, Gianni
Other Authors: Diodato, Nazzareno, Bellocchi, Gianni
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York Springer Science and Business Media 2014
Series:Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, v. 39
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1607/2014931080-d.html
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