The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave: How Likely Is a Recurrence?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1107-1119

  Karl, Thomas R ^a,b   Knight, Richard W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

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EID: 0000311420     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<1107:TCHWHL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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