AMO's structure and climate footprint in observations and IPCC AR5 climate simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 1345-1364

  Kavvada, Argyro ^a   Ruiz Barradas, Alfredo ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO; Climate models; CMIP5; Historical simulations; Hydroclimate impact; Ocean heat content; Salinity; Timescale of variability

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84884701235     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1712-1     Document Type: Article

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