Potential for seasonal prediction of Atlantic sea surface temperatures using the RAPID array at 26 ∘ N

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 3351-3370

  Duchez, A ^a   Courtois, P ^b   Harris, E ^c   Josey, S A ^a   Kanzow, T ^d   Marsh, R ^e   Smeed, D A ^a   Hirschi, J J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Ariel Re BDA Limited   (Bermuda)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air sea heat flux; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; RAPID array; Sea surface temperature; Seasonal potential predictability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84949811384     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2918-1     Document Type: Article

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