North Atlantic Multidecadal SST Oscillation: External forcing versus internal variability

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-38

  Ting, Mingfang ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a   Li, Cuihua ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic forcing; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; Climate; Internal variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84897086535     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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