Advancing climate dynamics toward reliable regional climate projections

Journal of Ocean University of China

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-200

  Xie, Shang Ping ^a,b,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

global warming; ocean atmosphere interaction; regional climate change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876882223     PISSN: 16725182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11802-013-2277-7     Document Type: Review

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