Northern Hemisphere atmospheric blocking as simulated by 15 atmospheric general circulation models in the period 1979-1988

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-407

  D'Andrea, F ^l   Tibaldi, S ^m   Blackburn, M ⁿ   Boer, G ^a   Deque M ^b   Dix, M R ^c   Dugas, B ^a   Ferranti, L ^d   Iwasaki, T ^e   Kitoh, A ^f   Pope, V ^g   Randall, D ⁿ   Roeckner, E ^h   Straus, D ⁱ   Stern, W ⁿ   Van Den Dool, H ^j   Williamson, D ^k  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^f METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

^j NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^m Environmental Protection Agency of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

ⁿ Environ Agency of Emilia Romagna ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CIRCULATION; GCM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031720051     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050230     Document Type: Article

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