The prolonged 1954 Midwestern U.S. Heat wave: Impacts and responses

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-176

  Westcott, Nancy E ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 84866319294     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-10-05002.1     Document Type: Article

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