Sea-ice extent and its trend provide limited metrics of model performance

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 229-243

  Notz, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84894205467     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-229-2014     Document Type: Article

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