Weakening AMOC connects Equatorial Atlantic and Pacific interannual variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2931-2941

  Svendsen, Lea ^a,b   Kvamstø, Nils Gunnar ^b   Keenlyside, Noel ^b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Atlantic Ni o; Atlantic Zonal Mode; Bergen Climate Model; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881095086     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1904-8     Document Type: Article

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