Correlation between inter-model similarities in spatial pattern for present and projected future mean climate

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-136

  Abe, Manabu ^a   Shiogama, Hideo ^a   Hargreaves, Julia C ^b   Annan, James D ^b   Nozawa, Toru ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 77949763962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2009-034     Document Type: Article

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