The West Antarctic ice sheet and long term climate policy: An editorial comment

Climatic Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Oppenheimer, M ^a   Alley, R B ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET;

EID: 3342934162     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000024792.06802.31     Document Type: Editorial

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