Temporal variability in the expression of the Arctic Oscillation in the North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3110-3126

  Zhao, Hongxu ^a,b   Moore, G W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DOMINANT MODE; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERDECADAL; LITTLE ICE AGE; LOW FREQUENCY; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC BASIN; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 67650567340     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2611.1     Document Type: Article

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