Economic growth in the face of weather and climate extremes: A call for better data

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Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 225-226

  Pendleton, Linwood ^a   Karl, Thomas R ^b   Mills, Evan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXTREME EVENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 84898611528     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013EO250005     Document Type: Article

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