A signature of persistent natural thermohaline circulation cycles in observed climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Knight, Jeff R ^a   Allan, Robert J ^a   Folland, Chris K ^a   Vellinga, Michael ^a   Mann, Michael E ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION (AMO); MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEANIC THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OSCILLATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 28944441534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024233     Document Type: Article

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