Modes of interannual variability of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation in CMIP3 models: Assessment and projections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-500

  Grainger, Simon ^a   Frederiksen, Carsten S ^a   Zheng, Xiaogu ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; CMIP3 models; Model assessment; Modes of variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 84879554881     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1659-7     Document Type: Article

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