Comparisons of the second-moment statistics of climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2204-2221

  Kim, Kwang Y ^a   North, Gerald R ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODEL; CORRELATION; ENERGY BALANCE; MODEL;

EID: 0030357841     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2204:COTSMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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