Spectral ocean wave climate variability based on atmospheric circulation patterns

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2139-2152

  Espejo, Antonio ^a   Camus, Paula ^a   Losada, Iñigo J ^a   Méndez, Fernando J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Circulation Dynamics; Climate variability; Geographic location entity; Interannual variability; North Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic Oscillation; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Variability; Wind waves

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; VARIABILITY; WIND WAVE;

WATER WAVES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE SPECTRUM; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84904264571     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0276.1     Document Type: Article

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