Response of the northern North Atlantic and Arctic oceans to a sudden change of the North Atlantic Oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Brauch, Jennifer P ^a,b   Gerdes, Rüdiger ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK MECHANISM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

EID: 30344464346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002436     Document Type: Article

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