Comparison of near-surface air temperature variability in 11 coupled global climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 511-518

  Barnett, Tim P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS (CGCM); EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 0033079663     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0511:CONSAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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