A role for the tropical Pacific

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5386, 1998, Pages 59-61

  Cane, Mark A ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0032475990     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5386.59     Document Type: Short Survey

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25. I am grateful to T. Stocker for his insightful comments. My thanks to all my colleagues at the Chapman Conference and to the organizers, P. Clark and R. Webb. This is Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Contribution 5859.