Status of and Outlook for Large-Scale Modeling of Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Interactions in the Arctic

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-219

  Randall, David ^a   Curry, Judith ^b   Battisti, David ^c   Flato, Gregory ^d   Grumbine, Robert ^e   Hakkinen, Sirpa ^f   Martinson, Doug ^g   Preller, Ruth ^h   Walsh, John ⁱ   Weatherly, John ^j  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^h NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0001576707     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0197:SOAOFL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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