Dynamical implications of prescribing part of a coupled system: Results from a low-order model

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-179

  Wittenberg, A T ^a   Anderson, J L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 0032321871     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-5-167-1998     Document Type: Article

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