Impact of the Atlantic Warm Pool on precipitation and temperature in Florida during North Atlantic cold spells

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Donders, Timme H ^a,b   de Boer, Hugo Jan ^a   Finsinger, Walter ^a   Grimm, Eric C ^c   Dekker, Stefan C ^a   Reichart, Gert Jan ^a   Wagner Cremer, Friederike ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Atlantic Warm Pool; Florida; Heinrich events; Loop Current; Low latitudes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEINRICH EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARM POOL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; LAKE TULANE; LOOP CURRENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650988594     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0702-9     Document Type: Article

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