Seasonal predictions based on two dynamical models

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 485-501

  Derome, Jacques ^a   Brunet, Gilbert ^b   Ritchie, Harold ^b   Plante, André ^b   Gagnon, Normand ^a   Boer, George J ^b   Zwiers, Francis W ^b   Lambert, Steven J ^b   Sheng, Jian ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0035562396     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2001.9649690     Document Type: Article

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