Polar climate simulation of the NCAR CCM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1270-1286

  Briegleb, Bruce P ^a   Bromwich, David H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODEL; POLAR REGION;

EID: 0031669119     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1270:PCSOTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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