A GCM simulation of heat waves, dry spells, and their relationships to circulation

Climatic Change

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-60

  Huth, Radan ^a   Kyselý, Jan ^a,b   Pokorná, Lucie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA;

EID: 0033937254     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005633925903     Document Type: Article

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