The influence of Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies on the North Atlantic oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-138

  Robertson, Andrew W ^a,b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a   Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 0034112366     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0122:TIOASS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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