Observed low-frequency covariabilities between the Tropical Oceans and the North Atlantic Oscillation in the twentieth century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1032-1041

  King, Martin P ^a,b   Kucharski, Fred ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; OSCILLATIONS;

LOW-FREQUENCY COVARIABILITIES; MAXIMUM COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL OCEANS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COOLING; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33645971367     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3677.1     Document Type: Article

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