Multidecadal-to-centennial SST variability in the MPI-ESM simulation ensemble for the last millennium

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1301-1318

  Zanchettin, D ^a   Rubino, A ^b   Matei, D ^a   Bothe, O ^a,c   Jungclaus, J H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal oscillation; Earth system model; Global surface temperature; Last millennium; Modes interaction; Multidecadal variability; Pacific decadal oscillation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874320188     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1361-9     Document Type: Article

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