A decadal climate cycle in the north Atlantic Ocean as simulated by the ECHO coupled GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 831-847

  Grotzner A ^a   Latif, M ^a   Barnett, T P ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED GCM; DECADAL CLIMATE CYCLE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031671505     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0831:ADCCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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