Arctic/Atlantic exchanges via the subpolar gyre

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2421-2439

  Langehaug, Helene R ^a   Medhaug, Iselin ^b   Eldevik, Tor ^b   Otterå, Odd Helge ^a  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BERGEN CLIMATE MODEL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; LABRADOR SEA WATERS; NORDIC SEAS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84859323540     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00085.1     Document Type: Article

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