Decadal potential predictability of twenty-first century climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 1119-1133

  Boer, George J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate forecasting; Decadal prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79952251219     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0747-9     Document Type: Article

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