Decadal variations in climate associated with the North Atlantic oscillation

Climatic Change

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 301-326

  Hurrell, James W ^a   Van Loon, Harry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE TREND; COOLING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WARMING;

EID: 0030878288     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005314315270     Document Type: Article

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