Contrasting interannual and multidecadal NAO variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 539-556

  Woollings, T ^a   Franzke, C ^b   Hodson, D L R ^c   Dong, B ^c   Barnes, E A ^d   Raible, C C ^e   Pinto, J G ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate reconstructions; Jet variability; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929703552     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2237-y     Document Type: Article

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