Weather regimes in past climate atmospheric general circulation model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 773-793

  Kageyama, M ^a   D'Andrea, F ^b   Ramstein, G ^a   Valdes, P J ^c   Vautard, R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

EID: 0033400166     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050315     Document Type: Article

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