Changes in weather and climate extremes: State of knowledge relevant to air and water quality in the United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-197

  Peterson, Thomas C ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^a   Kossin, James P ^a,b   Kunkel, Kenneth E ^c   Lawrimore, Jay H ^a   McMahon, James R ^d   Vose, Russell S ^a   Yin, Xungang ^e  

^a NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

^d LMI   (United States)

^e ERT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STORMS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE EXTREMES; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME WEATHER; HEAVY RAINS; REVIEW PAPERS; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN; SNOW;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD AIR; COLD WAVE; DAY LENGTH; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE; FLOOD TIDE; FLOODING; FOREST; FOREST FIRE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT WAVE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; KNOWLEDGE; OZONE LAYER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; STORM SURGE; UNITED STATES; WARMING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER; AIR; DISASTER; REVIEW;

AIR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84897932667     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.851044     Document Type: Article

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