Observed climate variability and change of relevance to the biosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D15, 2000, Pages 20101-20114

  Easterling, David R ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Gallo, Kevin P ^a,d   Robinson, David A ^b   Trenberth, Kevin E ^c   Dai, Aiguo ^c  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION;

EID: 0033784435     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900166     Document Type: Article

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