Articles | Volume 20, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-877-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-877-2020
Research article
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30 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 30 Mar 2020

Predictive skill for atmospheric rivers in the western Iberian Peninsula

Alexandre M. Ramos, Pedro M. Sousa, Emanuel Dutra, and Ricardo M. Trigo

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