Impact of the winter North-Atlantic weather regimes on subtropical sea-surface height variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1159-1171

  Barrier, Nicolas ^a   Treguier, Anne Marie ^a   Cassou, Christophe ^b   Deshayes, Julie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIDE GAUGE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884700697     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1578-7     Document Type: Article

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