Northern Hemisphere circulation regimes: Observed, simulated and predicted

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 867-879

  Teng, Qiaobin ^a   Fyfe, John C ^a   Monahan, Adam H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34247626789     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0220-y     Document Type: Article

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