On the mechanism of North Atlantic decadal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1956-1973

  Selten, Frank M ^a   Haarsma, R J ^a   Opsteegh, J D ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION (SVD); SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032739680     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1956:OTMONA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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