Understanding Atlantic multi-decadal variability prediction skill

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Garcia Serrano J ^a   Doblas Reyes, F J ^a,b   Coelho, C A S ^a  

^a Institut Català de Ciències Del Clima ^*  (Brazil)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICORRELATION; DEEP CONVECTION; EXTERNAL FORCING; FORECAST TIME; GULF STREAM; INITIAL CONDITIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

FORECASTING;

DECADAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PREDICTION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84867206911     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053283     Document Type: Article

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