Causes of Atlantic Ocean climate variability between 1958 and 1998

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2845-2862

  Seager, R ^a   Kushnir, Y ^a   Visbeck, M ^a   Naik, N ^a   Miller, J ^a   Krahmann, G ^a   Cullen, H ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MIXED LAYER; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034253139     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2845:COAOCV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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