Decadal predictability of North Atlantic sea surface temperature and climate

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6642, 1997, Pages 563-567

  Sutton, R T ^a,b   Allen, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION (DECADAL);

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030755453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41523     Document Type: Article

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