Multidecadal mobility of the north atlantic oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2453-2466

  Moore, G W K ^a   Renfrew, I A ^b   Pickart, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; MERIDIONAL DIPOLE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; ONE-POINT CORRELATION; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOBILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ARCTIC; AZORES; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; ICELAND; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84877818403     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00023.1     Document Type: Article

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