A modelling study of the 1976 climate regime shift in the North Pacific Ocean

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2450-2462

  Wu, Julia Qiuying ^a   Hsieh, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033501054     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-195     Document Type: Article

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