Clarifying the attribution of recent disaster losses: A response to Epstein and McCarthy

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1481-1484

  Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a   Agrawala, Shardul ^b   Bouwer, Laurens M ^c   Burton, Ian ^d   Changnon, Stanley ^e   Glantz, Michael H ^f   Hooke, William H ^g   Klein, Richard J T ^h   Kunkel, Kenneth ⁱ   Mileti, Dennis ^a   Sarewitz, Daniel ^j   Thompkins, Emma L ^k   Stehr, Nico ^l   von Storch, Hans ^m   Epstein, Paul R ⁿ   McCarthy, James J ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Atmospheric Policy Program   (United States)

^h POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^l ZEPPELIN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27844519345     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-10-1481     Document Type: Note

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