Interdecadal changes in atmospheric low-frequency variability with and without boundary forcing

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1132-1140

  Robertson, Andrew W ^a,c   Ghil, M ^a   Latif, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; BOUNDARY FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME MEAN RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034075407     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1132:ICIALF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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