Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the prediction of North Atlantic sea surface temperature

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 406, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Klower M ^a,b   Latif, M ^a,b   Ding, H ^a   Greatbatch, R J ^a,b   Park, W ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decadal climate prediction; North Atlantic sea surface temperature; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84907564727     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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