North Atlantic cloud cover response to the North Atlantic oscillation and relationship to surface temperature changes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Previdi, Michael ^a   Veron, Dana E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; METEOROLOGY;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 34250310876     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007516     Document Type: Article

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