Climate change scenarios for the U.S. national assessment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1711-1723

  MacCracken, Michael C ^a,e   Barron, Eric J ^b   Easterling, David R ^c   Felzer, Benjamin S ^d   Karl, Thomas R ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA/National Climate Data Center (NCDC)   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLACIAL INTERGLACIAL CYCLING; GLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0742303970     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-12-1711     Document Type: Article

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