Pattern analysis of SST-forced variability in ensemble GCM simulations: Examples over Europe and the tropical Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2210-2220

  Ward, M Neil ^a,b   Navarra, Antonio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GCM;

EUROPE; PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031396026     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2210:PAOSFV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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