Circulation regimes: Chaotic variability versus SST-forced predictability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2251-2272

  Straus, David M ^a   Corti, Susanna ^b   Molteni, Franco ^c,d  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

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

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL MEAN PATTERN;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

EID: 34250645707     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4070.1     Document Type: Article

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