Interdecadal variations in AGCM simulation skills

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3406-3419

  Grimm, Alice M ^a   Sahai, A K ^a,b   Ropelewski, Chester F ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33746827278     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3803.1     Document Type: Article

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