Evaluation of atmosphere-ocean general circulation models used for projecting future climate change

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 647-658

  Kattsov, V M ^a   Meleshko, V P ^a  

^a VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION;

EID: 11944272680     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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