Robust Strengthening and Westward Shift of the Tropical Pacific Walker Circulation during 1979-2012: A Comparison of 7 Sets of Reanalysis Data and 26 CMIP5 Models

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Climate

• Publication date

  2016-04-19

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0398.1
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