Multiseasonal predictions with a coupled tropical ocean-global atmosphere system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 789-808

  Kirtman, Ben P ^a   Shukla, J ^a   Huang, Bohua ^a   Zhu, Zhengxin ^a   Schneider, Edwin K ^a  

^a Inst Global Environ and Soc Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0000978733     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0789:MPWACT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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