Sensitivity of the QBO to mean tropical upwelling under a changing climate simulated with an earth system model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 351-360

  Watanabe, Shingo ^a   Kawatani, Yoshio ^a  

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

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EID: 84864207330     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A20     Document Type: Note

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