Climate observations and projections

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1196, Issue , 2010, Pages 41-62

  Horton, Radley ^a   Gornitz, Vivien ^a   Bowman, Malcolm ^b   Blake, Reginald ^c  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLIMATE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; SEA; TIME;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK CITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952695529     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05314.x     Document Type: Review

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