The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in twentieth century climate simulations: Uneven progress from CMIP3 to CMIP5

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 3301-3315

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

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO in CMIP3 and CMIP5 projects; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; CMIP3; CMIP5; GFDL; Hydroclimate; IPCC; MPI; NCAR; UKMO

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84888046554     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1810-0     Document Type: Article

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