An assessment of global climate model simulations of Arctic air temperatures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1060-1076

  Tao, Xin ^a   Walsh, John E ^a   Chapman, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMIP; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030431878     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1060:AAOGCM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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