High frequency variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-486

  Sarojini, B Balan ^a,b   Gregory, J M ^a,b,c   Tailleux, R ^b   Bigg, G R ^d   Blaker, A T ^e   Cameron, D R ^f   Edwards, N R ^g   Megann, A P ^e   Shaffrey, L C ^a,b   Sinha, B ^e  

^a University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARRAY; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GYRE; LATITUDE; MAGNITUDE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIMESCALE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960544211     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-471-2011     Document Type: Article

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