On the changing nature of the regional connection between the North Atlantic Oscillation and sea surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue D17, 2002, Pages

  Walter, Katrin ^a   Graf, Hans F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmospheric circulation modes; decadal variability; nonstationarity; North Atlantic Oscillation; sea surface temperature; tropical North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448958358     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000850     Document Type: Article

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