The summer North Atlantic oscillation: Past, present, and future

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1082-1103

  Folland, Chris K ^a   Knight, Jeff ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^b   Fereday, David ^a   Ineson, Sarah ^a   Hurrel, James W ^c  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; BAROTROPIC STRUCTURES; CLIMATE MODELS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; ENGLAND; EXTRATROPICAL; GREEN HOUSE GAS; HEAT STRESS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; INTER-DECADAL; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; STORM TRACKS; SUMMER CLIMATES; SUMMER DROUGHTS; TIME-SCALES; TREE-RING RECORDS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SEAWATER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROTROPIC MODE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SEA WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 64049109355     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2459.1     Document Type: Article

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