The atmospheric circulation over the North Atlantic as induced by the SST field

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 522-542

  Feliks, Yizhak ^a,c   Ghil, Michael ^a,d   Robertson, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Fronts; Interannual variability; Jets; Oscillations; Sea surface temperature; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FRONTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM;

EID: 79851480832     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3859.1     Document Type: Article

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