Global and regional climate in 2008

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 288-297

  Kennedy, John ^a   Good, Simon ^a   Titchner, Holly ^a   Palmer, Matthew ^a   Parker, David ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77749265033     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.467     Document Type: Article

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