AO/NAO response to climate change: 1. Respective influences of stratospheric and tropospheric climate changes

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Rind, D ^a   Perlwitz, J ^a   Lonergan, P ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 23244442668     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005103     Document Type: Article

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