Greenhouse warming, decadal variability, or El Niño? An attempt to understand the anomalous 1990s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2221-2239

  Latif, M ^a   Kleeman, R ^b   Eckert, C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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EID: 0000948659     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2221:GWDVOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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