Impacts of SST anomalies on the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation: A case study for the northern winter 1995/1996

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 807-819

  Losada, T ^a   Rodriguez Fonseca B ^a   Mechoso, C R ^b   Ma, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

UCLA;

EID: 35148857575     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0261-x     Document Type: Article

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