Constraints on future changes in climate and the hydrologic cycle

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6903, 2002, Pages

  Allen, Myles R ^a   Ingram, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RAIN;

HYDROLOGIC CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEATHER;

EID: 18544387786     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01092     Document Type: Review

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