Philosophy of climate science

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-271

  Petersen, Arthur C ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000404943     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0265:POCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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