A tree-ring based reconstruction of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation since 1567 A.D

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Gray, Stephen T ^a   Graumlich, Lisa J ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Pederson, Gregory T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATIONS; SEA LEVEL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORESTRY; ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION (AMO); ATMOSPHERIC MODES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST); WAVELET SPECTRA;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; INTERVENTION ANALYSIS; LOW-FREQUENCY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

EID: 6044228166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019932     Document Type: Article

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