Basic performance of a new earth system model of the Meteorological Research Institute

Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-19

  Adachi, Yukimasa ^a   Yukimoto, Seiji ^a   Deushi, Makoto ^a   Obata, Atsushi ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Tanaka, Taichu Y ^a   Hosaka, Masahiro ^a   Sakami, Tomonori ^a   Yoshimura, Hiromasa ^a   Hirabara, Mikitoshi ^a   Shindo, Eiki ^a   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^a   Mizuta, Ryo ^a   Yabu, Shoukichi ^a   Koshiro, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ose, Tomoaki ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; TOTAL OZONE; TRACE GAS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84891455629     PISSN: 0031126X     EISSN: 18806643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2467/mripapers.64.1     Document Type: Article

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