Assessing the predictability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and associated fingerprints

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Msadek, R ^a   Dixon, K W ^b   Delworth, T L ^b   Hurlin, W ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; PERFECT MODEL; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBSURFACE SIGNATURES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77958478048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044517     Document Type: Article

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