Mechanisms of internally generated decadal-to-multidecadal variability of SST in the Atlantic Ocean in a coupled GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 1517-1546

  Chen, Hua ^a   Schneider, Edwin K ^b,c   Wu, Zhiwei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic multidecadal variability; Interactive ensemble; Internal atmospheric noise

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84959079063     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2660-8     Document Type: Article

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