Science integration into US climate and ocean policy

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 671-677

  Petes, Laura E ^a   Howard, Jennifer F ^b   Helmuth, Brian S ^c   Fly, Elizabeth K ^d,e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84905407397     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2312     Document Type: Review

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