Evidence for external forcing of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation since termination of the Little Ice Age

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Knudsen, Mads Faurschou ^a   Jacobsen, Bo Holm ^a   Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^a   Olsen, Jesper ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; FORCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATITUDE; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 84896823898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4323     Document Type: Article

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