Historical SAM variability. Part I: Century-length seasonal reconstructions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 5319-5345

  Jones, Julie M ^a   Fogt, Ryan L ^b,c,d   Widmann, Martin ^e   Marshall, Gareth J ^b   Jones, Phil D ^f   Visbeck, Martin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; EXTRATROPICAL; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; LAND AREAS; PC-INDEX; REANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ANNULAR MODES;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; SEA LEVEL;

REPAIR;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA PROCESSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER;

EID: 72049083579     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2785.1     Document Type: Article

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