Complexities in the climate of the subpolar North Atlantic: A case study from the winter of 2007

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 757-767

  Moore, G W K ^a   Pickart, R S ^b   Renfrew, I A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baffin Island West Atlantic mode; East Atlantic mode; North Atlantic climate; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BAFFIN ISLAND-WEST ATLANTIC MODE; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COUPLED CLIMATE SYSTEMS; EAST ATLANTIC MODE; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; ICELANDICS; LABRADOR SEA; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NORTH ATLANTIC CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; STORM TRACK; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; TELECONNECTIONS; TIP JET; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEXITY; JET FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CAPE FAREWELL; EGGER ISLAND; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 79955479629     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.778     Document Type: Article

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