Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1691-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1691-2014
Research article
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04 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2014

Atmospheric processes triggering the central European floods in June 2013

C. M. Grams, H. Binder, S. Pfahl, N. Piaget, and H. Wernli

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