North Atlantic subpolar Gyre surface variability (1895-2009)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4571-4584

  Reverdin, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; BEFORE AND AFTER; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NAO INDEX; NORTH ATLANTIC; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SURFACE DENSITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE VARIABILITY; WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HEAT FLUX;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; DENSITY; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77955555143     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3493.1     Document Type: Article

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