Potential increased hurricane activity in a greenhouse warmed world

Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-38

  Curry, Judith A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84925746113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772679     Document Type: Chapter

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