4 edition of Weather, climate, and human settlements found in the catalog.
Weather, climate, and human settlements
Helmut Erich Landsberg
Published
1976
by Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva
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Written in
Edition Notes
Summaries in English, French, Russian and Spanish.
| Statement | by H. E. Landsberg. |
| Series | Special environmental report ;, no. 7, WMO ; no. 448, WMO (Series) ;, no. 448. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QC851 .W6445 no. 448, QC981.7.U7 .W6445 no. 448 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 45 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 45 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL4275350M |
| ISBN 10 | 9263104484 |
| LC Control Number | 78300838 |
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