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Development and evaluation of a new regional coupled atmosphere–ocean model in the North Sea and Baltic Sea Cover

Development and evaluation of a new regional coupled atmosphere–ocean model in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Tellus
Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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|Dec 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.24284 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 24284 - 24284
Submitted on: Mar 7, 2014
Accepted on: Jan 25, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
coupled atmosphere–ocean model,
regional climate,
North Sea and Baltic Sea,
air–sea interaction,
correlation analysis,
SST tendency

© 2015 Shiyu Wang, Christian Dieterich, Ralf Döscher, Anders Höglund, Robinson Hordoir, H. E. Markus Meier, Patrick Samuelsson, Semjon Schimanke, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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