Articles | Volume 7, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1961-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1961-2014
Methods for assessment of models
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08 Sep 2014
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Short ensembles: an efficient method for discerning climate-relevant sensitivities in atmospheric general circulation models

H. Wan, P. J. Rasch, K. Zhang, Y. Qian, H. Yan, and C. Zhao

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