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Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Future Precipitation Trends Based on Downscaled CMIP5 Simulations Data

Keywords: Climate Change Impact, Coupled Model Inter Comparison Project Phase-5, Precipitation, Columbia River Basin, Bayesian Model Averaging

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 2

GHULAM  HUSSAIN  DARS , MOHAMMAD REZA NAJAFI   , ABDUL LATIF QURESHI   ,

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