Influence of the North Atlantic SST variability on the atmospheric circulation during the twentieth century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1396-1416

  Gastineau, Guillaume ^a   Frankignoul, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUXES; LOW PASS FILTERS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84922800700     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00424.1     Document Type: Article

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