Atmospheric response to the North Atlantic Ocean variability on seasonal to decadal time scales

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 2311-2330

  Gastineau, Guillaume ^a   D'Andrea, Fabio ^b   Frankignoul, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; AMOC; Decadal variability; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84876853808     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1333-0     Document Type: Article

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