Boundary and initial flow induced variability over Pacific North America in CCC-AGCM simulations
By: Amir Shabbar, Kaz Higuchi and Jianping Huang
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v55i5.12109 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 401 - 418
Submitted on: Sep 9, 2002
Accepted on: Apr 10, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2003
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2003 Amir Shabbar, Kaz Higuchi, Jianping Huang, published by Stockholm University Press
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