North American trends in extreme precipitation

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-305

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEVERE WEATHER;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038006409     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023694115864     Document Type: Article

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