Catastrophic winter storms: An escalating problem

Climatic Change

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Changnon, Stanley A ^a  

^a Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORMS;

STORMS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148953266     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9289-5     Document Type: Article

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