A climate change scenario for the tropics

Climatic Change

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 145-176

  Hulme, Mike ^a   Viner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0031875988     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005376007729     Document Type: Article

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