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Some recent trends in precipitation in Western Canada and their possible link to rising carbon dioxide: Research note

Maurice B. Danard Atmospheric Dynamics Corporation, 3052 Woodridge Place, RR 7, Victoria, B.C., V8X 3X3; University of Victoria
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T.S. Murty Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C., V8L4B2
Pages 139-145 | Received 07 Oct 1986, Published online: 15 Nov 2010

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