Transient climate change in the CSIRO coupled model with dynamic sea ice

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 875-907

  Gordon, Hal B ^a   O'Farrell, Siobhan P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0001257667     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<0875:tccitc>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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