A lagged response to the 11 year solar cycle in observed winter Atlantic/European weather patterns

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13,405-13,420

  Gray, Lesley J ^a   Scaife, Adam A ^b   Mitchell, Daniel M ^a   Osprey, Scott ^a   Ineson, Sarah ^b   Hardiman, Steven ^b   Butchart, Neal ^b   Knight, Jeff ^b   Sutton, Rowan ^c   Kodera, Kunihiko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

climate; solar cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE SIMULATION; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOLAR CYCLE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84892560487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020062     Document Type: Article

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