On the natural variability of the pre-industrial European climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 743-760

  Bengtsson, Lennart ^a,b   Hodges, Kevin I ^a   Roeckner, Erich ^b   Brokopf, Renate ^b  

^a Environmental Systems Science Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749669423     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0168-y     Document Type: Article

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