An Antarctic assessment of IPCC AR4 coupled models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Connolley, William M ^a   Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE;

LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION INDEX; MASS BALANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MASS BALANCE; SEA ICE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38949123315     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031648     Document Type: Article

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