A reversal of climatic trends in the North Atlantic since 2005

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 513-517

  Robson, Jon ^a   Ortega, Pablo ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COOLING; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; HURRICANE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; UPPER OCEAN; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84976908669     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2727     Document Type: Article

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