Developing scenarios of atmosphere, weather and climate for northern regions

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-249

  Carter, Timothy R ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baseline; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Finland; Precipitation; Sea level; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039862358     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.72743     Document Type: Article

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