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Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin

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Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin. / Kang, Do Hyuk; Gao, Huilin; Shi, Xiaogang et al.
In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, No. 1, 01.05.2016.

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Kang, DH, Gao, H, Shi, X, Islam, SU & Déry, SJ 2016, 'Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin', Scientific Reports, vol. 6, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19299

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Kang, D. H., Gao, H., Shi, X., Islam, S. U., & Déry, S. J. (2016). Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin. Scientific Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19299

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Kang DH, Gao H, Shi X, Islam SU, Déry SJ. Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin. Scientific Reports. 2016 May 1;6(1). Epub 2016 Jan 27. doi: 10.1038/srep19299

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Kang, Do Hyuk ; Gao, Huilin ; Shi, Xiaogang et al. / Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin. In: Scientific Reports. 2016 ; Vol. 6, No. 1.

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