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Evaluation of the global climatic and ecological effects of a nuclear war requires consideration of a wide range of issues involving disciplines such as urban geography, fire mechanics, plume dynamics, cloud microphysics, aerosol physics, radiative transfer theory, atmospheric chemistry, mesoscale dynamics, global climate simulation, plant physiology, agriculture and ecology. Thus, in addition to addressing the global-scale implications of a nuclear war, the global-effects effort also serves as an excellent example of an interdisciplinary research program.
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Ghan, S.J. (1989). Global Climatic Effects of a Nuclear War: An Interdisciplinary Problem. In: Berger, A., Schneider, S., Duplessy, J.C. (eds) Climate and Geo-Sciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 285. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2446-8_17
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