The Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership: An example of science applied to societal needs

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 671-688

  Groisman, Pavel Ya ^a   Clark, Elizabeth A ^b   Kattsov, Vladimir M ^c   Lettenmaierb, Dennis P ^b   Sokolik, Irina N ^d   Aizen, Vladimir B ^e   Cartus, Oliver ^f   Chen, Jiquan ^g   Conard, Susan ^h   Katzenberger, John ⁱ   Krankina, Olga ^j   Kukkonen, Jaakko ^k   Machida, Toshinobu ^l   Maksutov, Shamil ^l   Ojima, Dennis ^m   Qi, Jianguo ⁿ   Romanovsky, Vladimir E ^o   Sanotoro, Maurizio ^p   Schmullius, Christiane C ^g   Shiklomanov, Alexander I ^q   Shimoyama, Kou ^r   Shugart, Herman H ^s   Shuman, Jacquelyn K ^s   Sofiev, Mikhail A ^k   Sukhinin, Anatoly I ^t   Vörösmarty, Charles ^q   Walker, Donald ^o   Wood, Eric F ^u   more..

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^h USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ Aspen Global Change Institute   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^m H John Heinz III Center for Science   (United States)

ⁿ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^p GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^r HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^t ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^u PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON RICH; CHANGING CLIMATE; COLD REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; EXTRATROPICS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND AREAS; MODELING CAPABILITIES; NORTHERN EURASIA; SOCIETAL SYSTEMS; WATER CYCLE;

EARTH SCIENCES; GLOBAL WARMING;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 68949213032     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2556.1     Document Type: Article

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