Global warming and extreme weather: A cautionary note

Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 362, 1999, Pages 87-91

  O'Hare, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; WEATHER;

EID: 0032921544     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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