The North Atlantic Oscillation signal in a regional climate simulation for the European region

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 641-653

  Bojariu, Roxana ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^b  

^a Administratia Nationala de Meteorologie   (Romania)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 27744501070     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Review

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