Climate change in recurrent regimes and modes of Northern Hemisphere atmospheric variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D17, 2001, Pages 20145-20159

  Hsu, C Juno ^a   Zwiers, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0034772431     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900229     Document Type: Article

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