Observed and simulated variability of the AMOC at 26°N and 41°N

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1159-1164

  Mielke, C ^a   Frajka Williams, E ^b   Baehr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; North Atlantic; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE ANOMALIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TIME SERIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EKMAN LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESOLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84876908954     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50233     Document Type: Article

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