On the predictability of decadal changes in the North Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 379-392

  Venzke, S ^a   Munnich M ^a   Latif, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343729441     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050335     Document Type: Article

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