Low-frequency climate variability in the Atlantic basin during the 20th century

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Tourre, Y M ^a,b   Paz, S ^c   Kushnir, Y ^b   White, W B ^d  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi decadal oscillation; Power dissipation index; Quasi decadal oscillation; Sahelian drought

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DISSIPATION; DROUGHT; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79251527903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.265     Document Type: Article

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