Introduction to explaining extreme events of 2014 from a climate perspective

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S1-S4

  Herring, Stephanie C ^a   Hoerling, Martin P ^b   Kossin, James P ^c   Peterson, Thomas C ^d   Stott, Peter A ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA National Environmental Satellite   (United States)

^d NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information   (United States)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FIRE PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; STORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTIONS; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; TROPICAL PACIFIC WIND; UPPER MIDWESTS; WINTER SEASONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84955493902     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00157.1     Document Type: Review

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