The necessity of cloud feedback for a basin-scale Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3955-3963

  Brown, Patrick T ^a   Lozier, M Susan ^a   Zhang, Rong ^b   Li, Wenhong ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; cloud feedback; North Atlantic sea surface temperature; top of atmosphere radiation; unforced variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLOUD FEEDBACKS; NORTH ATLANTIC; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; UNFORCED VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLOUD COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84992302098     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068303     Document Type: Article

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