The influence of the amoc variability on the atmosphere in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 9774-9790

  Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Gastineau, Guillaume ^a   Kwon, Young Oh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Decadal variability; North Atlantic Oscillation; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC BAROCLINICITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENTHALPY; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84890219503     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00862.1     Document Type: Article

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