State of the climate in 2002

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Waple, A M ^a   Lawrimore, J H ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROWAVES; OZONE LAYER; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STORMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0038727581     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477-84.6s.s1     Document Type: Review

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