Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

Milly, P. C. D., Wetherald, R. T., Dunne, K. A., Delworth, T. L.·2002·Nature

DOI 10.1038/415514a

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Authors: Milly, P. C. D., Wetherald, R. T., Dunne, K. A., & Delworth, T. L.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2002-01
Volume: 415
Issue: 6871
Pages: 514-517
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/415514a
OpenAlex: W1970672417
Cited by: 1,758
References: 0
FWCI: 45.32
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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