Weakening of tropical Pacific atmospheric circulation due to anthropogenic forcing

Nature - Tập 441 Số 7089 - Trang 73-76 - 2006
Gabriel A. Vecchi1, Brian J. Soden2, Andrew T. Wittenberg1, Isaac M. Held1, Ants Leetmaa1, Matthew Harrison1
1NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, USA
2Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, USA

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