A Time-Varying Greenhouse Warming Pattern and the Tropical-Extratropical Circulation Linkage in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3337-3355

  Cai, Wenju ^a   Whetton, P H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 0001480138     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3337:ATVGWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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