Internal variability in Arctic regional climate simulations: Case study for the SHEBA year

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-209

  Rinke, Annette ^a   Marbaix, Philippe ^b   Dethloff, Klaus ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arctic climate; Internal variability; Regional climate modeling

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 11044221056     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027197     Document Type: Article

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