Predictability and numerical modelling of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 145-168

  Bojariu, Roxana ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate variability; NAO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Numerical modelling; Predictive patterns

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141460718     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(03)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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