Extreme climate, not extreme weather: the summer of 1816 in Geneva, Switzerland

Auchmann, R.; Brönnimann, S.; Breda, L.; Bühler, M.; Spadin, R.; Stickler, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-325-2012

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-325-2012

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-325-2012

© Author(s) 2012. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

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24 Feb 2012

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| 24 Feb 2012

Extreme climate, not extreme weather: the summer of 1816 in Geneva, Switzerland

R. Auchmann, S. Brönnimann, L. Breda, M. Bühler, R. Spadin, and A. Stickler

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