Mechanism of multi-decadal climatic variability in a global climatic model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 565-580

  Hunt, B G ^a   Davies, H L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Global climatic model; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL;

EID: 0031450833     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199705)17:6<565::AID-JOC172>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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