Economic impacts of climate conditions in the United States: Past, present, and future - An editorial essay

Climatic Change

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 15244355553     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-1673-4     Document Type: Editorial

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