North Atlantic ocean wave climate change scenarios for the twenty-first century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2368-2383

  Wang, Xiaolan L ^a   Zwiers, Francis W ^a   Swail, Val R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY;

SEAL LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP); SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT (SWH);

ATMOSPHERICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WAVE HEIGHT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3242726089     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2368:NAOWCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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