Towards prediction of decadal climate variability and change

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 287-304

  Murphy, J ^a   Kattsov, V ^b   Keenlyside, N ^c   Kimoto, M ^d   Meehl, G ^e   Mehta, V ^f   Pohlmann, H ^a   Scaife, A ^a   Smith, D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Center for Research on the Changing Earth System   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO); Ensembles and uncertainties; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); North Pacific Oscillation (NPO); Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; VARACTORS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ENSEMBLES AND UNCERTAINTIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DROSOPHILA C VIRUS;

EID: 78650784747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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