What did the Viking discoverers of America know of the North Atlantic environment?

Weather

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 60-65

  Haine, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 54249125903     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.150     Document Type: Article

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