Seasonal predictability of the winter NAO from north Atlantic sea surface temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6-1-6-4

  Saunders, Mark A ^a   Qian, Budong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEASONAL PREDICTABILITY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

EID: 0037113540     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014952     Document Type: Article

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