Decadal variability of the midlatitude climate system driven by the ocean circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1149-1166

  Hogg, Andrew McC ^a   Dewar, William K ^b   Killworth, Peter D ^c   Blundell, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE SYSTEM; GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EID: 33646342751     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3651.1     Document Type: Article

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