State of the climate in 2005

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Shein, Karsten A ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; HURRICANES; METHANE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC ANOMALIES; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 33745896250     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-6-shein     Document Type: Article

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