Influence of May Atlantic Ocean initial conditions on the subsequent North Atlantic winter climate

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 621 C, 2006, Pages 2977-2999

  Iwi, A M ^a   Sutton, R T ^b   Norton, W A ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Seasonal prediction

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEANS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MIXED LAYERS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; OBSERVATIONAL DATUM; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; POTENTIAL VALUES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SST ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548581539     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.62     Document Type: Article

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