The atmospheric response to North Atlantic SST anomalies in seasonal prediction experiments

Hai Lin; Jacques Derome

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v55i3.12092

The atmospheric response to North Atlantic SST anomalies in seasonal prediction experiments

Tellus

Volume 55 (2003): Issue 3

By: Hai Lin and Jacques Derome

Open Access

|Jan 2003

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