Towards the construction of climate change scenarios

Climatic Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 547-581

  Mitchell, John F B ^a   Johns, T C ^a   Eagles, M ^a   Ingram, W J ^a   Davis, R A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033061305     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005466909820     Document Type: Article

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