Weather- and climate-related extreme events: Teachable moments

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Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 120-

  Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURAL DISASTER; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84858817409     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO110004     Document Type: Article

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