A performance comparison of coupled and uncoupled versions of the Met Office seasonal prediction general circulation model
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14666 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 320 - 339
Submitted on: Apr 5, 2004
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2005 R. J. Graham, M. Gordon, P. J. McLean, S. Ineson, M. R. Huddleston, M. K. Davey, A. Brookshaw, R. T. H. Barnes, published by Stockholm University Press
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