The North Atlantic Oscillation and the latitude of the Gulf Stream

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-142

  Taylor, Arnold H ^a   Stephens, John A ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC, GULF STREAM;

EID: 0031781754     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i1.14517     Document Type: Article

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