GCM experiments on changes in atmospheric predictability associated with the PNA pattern and tropical SST anomalies

Jian Sheng

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v54i4.12153

GCM experiments on changes in atmospheric predictability associated with the PNA pattern and tropical SST anomalies

Tellus

Volume 54 (2002): Issue 4

By: Jian Sheng

Open Access

|Jan 2002

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