Combined influences of seasonal East Atlantic Pattern and North Atlantic Oscillation to excite Atlantic multidecadal variability in a climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 229-253

  Ruprich Robert, Yohan ^a   Cassou, Christophe ^a  

^a CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC); Atlantic Multidecadal Variability (AMV); East Atlantic Pattern (EAP); Internal climate variability; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Ocean atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939889124     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2176-7     Document Type: Article

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