Some diagnostics of the northern wintertime climate simulated by the ECHAM3 model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-222

  Kaurola, Jussi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ECHAM3; GCM; STORM TRACK; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031457345     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0201:SDOTNW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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