A delayed oscillator model for the quasi-periodic multidecadal variability of the NAO

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 2083-2099

  Sun, Cheng ^a,b   Li, Jianping ^a,c   Jin, Fei Fei ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Atlantic multidecadal variability; Delayed oscillator model; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84943813694     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2459-z     Document Type: Article

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