Summer sea surface temperature conditions in the North Atlantic and their impact upon the atmospheric circulation in early winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3349-3363

  Cassou, Christophe ^a,b   Deser, Clara ^a   Terray, Laurent ^b   Hurrell, James W ^a   Drévillon, Marie ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (AGCM); EDDY ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 5444228176     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3349:SSSTCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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