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Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Overpeck, Jonathan ^a   Garfin, Gregg ^a   Jardine, Angela ^a   Busch, David E ^b   Cayan, Dan ^c   Dettinger, Michael ^b   Fleishman, Erica ^d   Gershunov, Alexander ^c   MacDonald, Glen ^e   Redmond, Kelly T ^f   Travis, William R ^g   Udall, Bradley ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 85002663458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-484-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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