The North Atlantic Oscillation-Arctic oscillation in the CCSM2 and its influence on Arctic climate variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2767-2781

  Holland, Marika M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; OSCILLATIONS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0141744815     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2767:TNAOOI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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