Does the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation get its predictability from the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 5267-5280

  Trenary, Laurie ^a   DelSole, Timothy ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate prediction; Decadal variability; Forecasting; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Multidecadal variability; Optimization; Statistical techniques; Variability

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIABILITY; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OPTIMIZATION; OVERTURN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977589268     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0030.1     Document Type: Article

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