Changes in predictability associated with the PNA pattern

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 553-571

  Lin, Hai ^a   Derome, Jacques ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ERRORS; GCM; PACIFIC/NORTH AMERICAN PATTERN; PNA; PNA PATTERN; QUASI GEOSTROPHIC MODEL;

EID: 0030472586     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i4.12139     Document Type: Article

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