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Title: A statewide, weather-regime based stochastic weather generator for process-based bottom-up climate risk assessments in California – Part II: Thermodynamic and dynamic climate change scenarios
Award ID(s):
2205239
PAR ID:
10535411
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Climate Services
Volume:
34
Issue:
C
ISSN:
2405-8807
Page Range / eLocation ID:
100485
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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