Pacific region climate change

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-147

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS; WATER RESOURCES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODEL; EL NINO; ENSO; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031429324     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-5691(97)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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