Atmospheric multidecadal variations in the North Atlantic realm: Proxy data, observations, and atmospheric circulation model studies

Climate of the Past

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Grosfeld, K ^a   Lohmann, G ^a   Rimbu, N ^a   Fraedrich, K ^b   Lunkeit, F ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL RECORD; CORE ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIATION; HOLOCENE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33846579088     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-3-39-2007     Document Type: Article

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