Climate change: Increasing storm activity

Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Volumn Part 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 218-221

  Madin, Joshua ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84858749857     PISSN: 13884360     EISSN: 1871756X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2_57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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