Evidences for a quasi 60-year North Atlantic Oscillation since 1700 and its meaning for global climate change

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 599-609

  Mazzarella, Adriano ^a   Scafetta, Nicola ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) Lab   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856543476     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0499-4     Document Type: Article

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