Temporal fluctuations in weather and climate extremes that cause economic and human health impacts: A review

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1077-1098

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^c   Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a   Changnon, Stanley A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Changnon Climatologists   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0042993891     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<1077:TFIWAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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