The signature of low-frequency oceanic forcing in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2810-2818

  O'Reilly, Christopher H ^a   Huber, Markus ^a   Woollings, Tim ^a   Zanna, Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; CMIP models; Ocean circulation variability; Turbulent heat flux

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT FLUX; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; FULLY-COUPLED MODEL; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84977974512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067925     Document Type: Article

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