Thermal decay modes of a 2-D energy balance climate model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 618-626

  Wu, Wei ^a,b   North, Gerald R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548807584     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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