Does external forcing interfere with the AMOC's influence on North Atlantic sea surface temperature?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 6309-6323

  Tandon, Neil F ^a   Kushner, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Coupled models; Multidecadal variability; Ocean circulation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; TRENDS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84942920434     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00664.1     Document Type: Article

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