Multidecadal fluctuations of the North Atlantic Ocean and feedback on the winter climate in CMIP5 control simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2571-2592

  Peings, Yannick ^a   Simpkins, Graham ^a   Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84964545610     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024107     Document Type: Article

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