Predictable climate impacts of the decadal changes in the ocean in the 1990s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6329-6339

  Robson, Jon ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a   Smith, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUBPOLAR GYRES; SURFACE CLIMATE;

FORECASTING; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; HINDCASTING; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84883160351     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00827.1     Document Type: Article

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