Major ice storms in the United States, 1949-2000

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 105-111

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a   Changnon, Joyce M ^a  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Damage assessment; Ice storms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ICE STORM; NATURAL DISASTER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642318848     PISSN: 14642867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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