The NCAR climate system model, version one

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1115-1130

  Boville, Byron A ^a   Gent, Peter R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED GCM;

EID: 0031695304     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1115:TNCSMV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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