Influence of the North Atlantic on simulated atmospheric variability

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-70

  Conil, Sébastien ^a   Li, Zhao X ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric general circulation model; Climate predictability; Internal external variability; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2042496264     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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