How the AMOC affects ocean temperatures on decadal to centennial timescales: the North Atlantic versus an interhemispheric seesaw

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 151-160

  Muir, L C ^a   Fedorov, A V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; AOGCMs; SST Dipole

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84929709297     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2443-7     Document Type: Article

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