State of the climate in 2003

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Levinson, D H ^a   Waple, A M ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TORNADOES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EL NINO PHENOMENON; HEAT WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 3543141816     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477-85.6s.s1     Document Type: Article

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