Potential predictability and AMIP implications of midlatitude climate variability in two general circulation models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2321-2329

  Barnett, T P ^a   Arpe, K ^b   Bengtsson, L ^b   Ji, M ^c   Kumar, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIP; CLIMATE VARIATION;

EID: 0031402344     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2321:PPAAIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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