A low latitude paleoclimate perspective on Atlantic multidecadal variability

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-13

  Kilbourne, K Halimeda ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^b   Nye, Janet A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Atlantic multidecadal variability; Caribbean; Paleoclimate; Sea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CARIBBEAN; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; PALEOCLIMATES; SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LATITUDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84897032655     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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