Observed and projected future shifts of climatic zones in Europe and their use to visualize climate change information

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-167

  Jylhä, Kirsti ^a   Tuomenvirta, Heikki ^a   Ruosteenoja, Kimmo ^a   Niemi Hugaerts, Hanna ^a   Keisu, Krista ^a   Karhu, Juha A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 78650805663     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WCAS1010.1     Document Type: Article

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