Review article "On the origins of decadal climate variability: A network perspective"

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 559-568

  Tsonis, A A ^a   Swanson, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84869165888     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-19-559-2012     Document Type: Review

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