Decadal climate variability simulated in a coupled general circulation model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 201-211

  Walland, D J ^a   Power, S B ^b   Hirst, A C ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING;

EID: 0034108545     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050013     Document Type: Article

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