Climate change and the North Atlantic oscillation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 134, Issue , 2003, Pages 193-209

  Gillett, Nathan P ^a   Graf, Hans F ^b   Osborn, Tim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84952763421     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/134GM09     Document Type: Chapter

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