The global-scale impacts of climate change: the QUEST-GSI project

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 343-352

  Arnell, Nigel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84959250282     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1600-x     Document Type: Editorial

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