The two interannual variability modes of the Western North Pacific Subtropical High simulated by 28 CMIP5–AMIP models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2455-2469

  He, Chao ^a,b   Zhou, Tianjun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CMIP5 AMIP models; Interannual variability; Reproducibility; Two dominant modes; Western North Pacific Subtropical High

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893190208     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2068-x     Document Type: Article

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