Simulated response to inter-annual SST variations in the Gulf Stream region

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 715-731

  Hand, Ralf ^a   Keenlyside, Noel ^b   Omrani, Nour Eddine ^a   Latif, Mojib ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gulf Stream; North Atlantic; Ocean atmosphere interaction; SST fronts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895004204     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1715-y     Document Type: Article

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