Climate assessment for 1999

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Bell, Gerald D ^a   Halpert, Michael S ^a,c   Schnell, Russell C ^b   Higgins, R Wayne ^a   Lawrimore, Jay ^c   Kousky, Vernon E ^a   Tinker, Richard ^a   Thiaw, Wasila ^a   Chelliah, Muthuvel ^a   Artusa, Anthony ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0041526066     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<1328:caf>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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