Coupled ocean-atmosphere forecasts in the presence of climate drift

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 809-829

  Stockdale, Timothy N ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001112454     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0809:coafit>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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