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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-89-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-89-2014
Research article
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05 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 05 Feb 2014

Background albedo dynamics improve simulated precipitation variability in the Sahel region

F. S. E. Vamborg, V. Brovkin, and M. Claussen

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