Initialized decadal predictions of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Robson, J I ^a   Sutton, R T ^a   Smith, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; HINDCASTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBPOLAR GYRES; SURFACE CLIMATE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; HINDCASTING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867520757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053370     Document Type: Article

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