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 # `climr` <img src="logo.svg" align="right" alt="" width="120"/>
 
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 ### References
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+Mahony, Colin. 2022. “Rationale for the ClimateBC/NA 8-Model Ensemble Mean.” [http://climatena.ca/downloads/ClimateNA_8ModelRationale_Mahony_07May2022.pdf](http://climatena.ca/downloads/ClimateNA_8ModelRationale_Mahony_07May2022.pdf).
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+Wang, Tongli, Andreas Hamann, Dave Spittlehouse, and Carlos Carroll. 2016. “Locally Downscaled and Spatially Customizable Climate Data for Historical and Future Periods for North America.” Edited by Inés Álvarez. PLOS ONE 11 (6): [e0156720](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156720).
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-@techreport{mahony2022,
-	title = {Rationale for the ClimateBC/NA 8-model ensemble mean},
-	author = {Mahony, Colin},
-	year = {2022},
-	month = {05},
-	date = {2022-05-07},
-	url = {http://climatena.ca/downloads/ClimateNA_8ModelRationale_Mahony_07May2022.pdf}
-}
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-@article{wang2016,
-	title = {Locally Downscaled and Spatially Customizable Climate Data for Historical and Future Periods for North America},
-	author = {Wang, Tongli and Hamann, Andreas and Spittlehouse, Dave and Carroll, Carlos},
-	editor = {{Álvarez}, {Inés}},
-	year = {2016},
-	month = {06},
-	date = {2016-06-08},
-	journal = {PLOS ONE},
-	pages = {e0156720},
-	volume = {11},
-	number = {6},
-	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0156720},
-	url = {https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156720},
-	langid = {en}
-}