Atlantic Multidecadal Variability in a model with an improved North Atlantic Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8199-8206

  Drews, Annika ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

air sea interaction; Atlantic multidecadal variability; North Atlantic Current

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; CLOUD FEEDBACKS; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; STANDING PROBLEMS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT;

EID: 84982933573     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069815     Document Type: Article

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