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11 Feb 2013
An overview of drought events in the Carpathian Region in 1961–2010
J. Spinoni
JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy
T. Antofie
JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy
P. Barbosa
JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy
Z. Bihari
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
M. Lakatos
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
S. Szalai
Szent Istvan University, Gödöllö, Hungary
T. Szentimrey
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
JRC-IES, Ispra, Italy
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