Global and European climate impacts of a slowdown of the AMOC in a high resolution GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 3299-3316

  Jackson, L C ^a   Kahana, R ^a   Graham, T ^a   Ringer, M A ^a   Woollings, T ^b   Mecking, J V ^c   Wood, R A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; Climate; Impacts

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84947489316     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2540-2     Document Type: Article

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