On the predictability of the winter Euro-Atlantic climate: Lagged influence of autumn Arctic sea ice

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5195-5216

  Garcia Serrano J ^a   Frankignoul, C ^a   Gastineau, G ^a   de la Camara A ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MECHANICAL WAVES; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EMPIRICAL PREDICTIONS; MAXIMUM COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; STRATOSPHERIC VORTEX; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; WINTER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EUROPE; KARA SEA;

EID: 84942053396     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00472.1     Document Type: Article

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