Losses caused by weather and climate extremes: A national index for the united states

Physical Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-27

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, Joyce M ^a   Hewings, Geoffrey J D ^b  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Natural hazards; Storms; Weather extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INSURANCE INDUSTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034829497     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.2001.10642727     Document Type: Article

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