ENSO components of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and their relation to North Atlantic interannual coastal sea level anomalies

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 535-543

  Park, J ^a   Dusek, G ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL; TELECONNECTION; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); BALTIMORE; BOSTON; CHARLESTON; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; GULF OF MEXICO; KEY WEST; KEY WEST ISLAND; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; PENSACOLA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879120742     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-535-2013     Document Type: Article

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