Climate Assessment for 1998

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Bell, Gerald D ^a   Halpert, Michael S ^a,e   Ropelewski, Chester F ^b   Kousky, Vernon E ^a   Douglas, Arthur V ^c   Schnell, Russell C ^d   Gelman, Melvyn E ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0011514544     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477-80.5s.s1     Document Type: Article

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