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Research article
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20 Jul 2012
Research article |
| 20 Jul 2012
Increasing cloud cover in the 20th century: review and new findings in Spain
A. Sanchez-Lorenzo
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
J. Calbó
Group of Environmental Physics, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
M. Wild
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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