The SST multidecadal variability in the Atlantic-Mediterranean region and its relation to AMO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4385-4401

  Marullo, Salvatore ^a   Artale, Vincenzo ^b   Santoleri, Rosalia ^c  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Multidecadal variability; Sea surface temperature; Spectral analysis models distributions

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DATA SETS; GLOBAL OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; MULTITAPER METHODS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUBPOLAR GYRES; TIME-SCALES; UNIQUE FEATURES; WORLD OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; DATA SET; GLOBAL OCEAN; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79960481080     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3884.1     Document Type: Article

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