Seasonal forecast of tropical climate with coupled ocean–atmosphere general circulation models: on the respective role of the atmosphere and the ocean components in the drift of the surface temperature error
By: A. Lazar, A. Vintzileos, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, P. Rogel and P. Delecluse
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i3.14701 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 387 - 397
Submitted on: Apr 12, 2004
Accepted on: Jan 21, 2005
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2005 A. Lazar, A. Vintzileos, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, P. Rogel, P. Delecluse, published by Stockholm University Press
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