How well do state-of-the-art atmosphere-ocean general circulation models reproduce atmospheric teleconnection patterns?

Dörthe Handorf; Klaus Dethloff

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.19777

How well do state-of-the-art atmosphere-ocean general circulation models reproduce atmospheric teleconnection patterns?

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Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: Dörthe Handorf and Klaus Dethloff

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Submitted on: Dec 8, 2011

Accepted on: Sep 20, 2012

Published on: Dec 1, 2012

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Keywords:

atmospheric teleconnections,

zonal wind variability,

CMIP3

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