Internal variability, external forcing and climate trends in multi-decadal AGCM ensembles

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 659-678

  Bracco, Annalisa ^a   Kucharski, Fred ^a   Kallummal, Rameshan ^a   Molteni, Franco ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 10444243381     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0465-2     Document Type: Article

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