An integrated climate change assessment for the Northeast United States

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 419-423

  Frumhoff, Peter C ^a   McCarthy, James J ^b   Melillo, Jerry M ^c   Moser, Susanne C ^d   Wuebbles, Donald J ^e   Wake, Cameron ^f   Spanger Siegfried, Erika ^a  

^a UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Climate change; Northeast climate impacts assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44049107049     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-007-9138-x     Document Type: Article

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