Simulations of stratospheric sudden warmings in the Berlin troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere GCM

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-463

  Erlebach, P ^a   Langematz, U ^a   Pawson, S ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 2842574917     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0443-6     Document Type: Article

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