Climate variability in a nonlinear atmosphere-like dynamical system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D20, 1998, Pages 25957-25966

  Dethloff, K ^a,b   Weisheimer, A ^a   Rinke, A ^a   Handorf, D ^a   Kurgansky, M V ^c   Jansen, W ^b   Maass P ^b   Hupfer, P ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OROGRAPHY; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0005134512     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02306     Document Type: Article

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