Mechanisms of the atmospheric response to North Atlantic multidecadal variability: A model study

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1255-1276

  Msadek, Rym ^a,b   Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Li, Laurent Z X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDING WAVE; WESTERLY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 79953671612     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0958-0     Document Type: Article

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