State of the Climate in 2007

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Levinson, D H ^a   Lawrimore, J H ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACES; MIDTROPOSPHERE; OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

EID: 53849121609     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-89-7-StateoftheClimate     Document Type: Article

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