Secular variability of the coupled tropospheric and stratospheric circulation in the GCM ECHAM 3/LSG

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Feser, Frauke ^b   Graf, Hans F ^a   Perlwitz, Judith ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0034066193     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050001     Document Type: Article

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