Hurricanes and rising global temperatures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 19513-19514

  Holland, Greg J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84870372430     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216735109     Document Type: Note

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