Impact of great salinity anomalies on the low-frequency variability of the North Atlantic climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 470-482

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Vallis, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

GREAT SALINITY ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANOMALY; CLIMATE VARIATION; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33645243599     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3623.1     Document Type: Article

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