A mechanism for Atlantic multidecadal variability in the Kiel Climate Model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 2133-2144

  Ba, Jin ^a   Keenlyside, Noel S ^b   Park, Wonsun ^a   Latif, Mojib ^a   Hawkins, Ed ^c   Ding, Hui ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMO; AMOC; AMV; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Atlantic multidecadal variability; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; OVERTURN; SALINITY; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884703020     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1633-4     Document Type: Article

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