Do climate simulations from models forced by averaged sea surface temperatures represent actual dynamics?

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Roebber, P J ^a   Tsonis, A A ^a   Elsner, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344131287     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-4-93-1997     Document Type: Article

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