1. Nuclear war and climatic change — Guest editorial

   • Carl Sagan

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 3

2. The possible impacts on wheat production of a recurrence of the 1930s drought in the U.S. Great Plains

   • Richard A. Warrick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 26

3. On modelling the seasonal thermodynamic cycle of sea ice in studies of climatic change

   • Albert J. Semtner Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 37

4. Instrumental temperature records at two sites in Central Canada: 1768 to 1910

   • Timothy F. Ball
   • Roger A. Kingsley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 56

5. Analysis of the series of precipitation at Padova, Italy

   • Dario Camuffo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 77

6. Rainfall patterns in the eastern United States

   • R. G. Vines

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 98

7. Book reviews

   • Carol Stoker
   • S. K. Sinha
   • David Pimentel

   BookReview Pages: 99 - 102

8. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 103 - 103