Decadal predictions of the cooling and freshening of the North Atlantic in the 1960s and the role of ocean circulation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2353-2365

  Robson, Jon ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a   Smith, Doug ^b  

^a University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Decadal prediction; North Atlantic; Subpolar gyre

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HINDCASTING; ICE COVER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84899932131     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2115-7     Document Type: Article

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