Hadley circulation changes under global warming conditions indicated by coupled climate models
By: Guillaume Gastineau, Hervé Le Treut and Laurent Li
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2008.00344.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 863 - 884
Submitted on: Oct 11, 2007
Accepted on: May 19, 2008
Published on: Jan 1, 2008
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2008 Guillaume Gastineau, Hervé Le Treut, Laurent Li, published by Stockholm University Press
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