Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6871, 2002, Pages 514-517

  Milly, P C D ^a   Wetherald, R T ^a   Dunne, K A ^a   Delworth, T L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; FLOODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW;

GLOBAL WATER CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SULFATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; STREAMFLOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FLOW RATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER);

EID: 0037203824     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415514a     Document Type: Article

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