Planetary-scale variability in the northern winter and the impact of land-sea thermal contrast

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-170

  Molteni, Franco ^a   King, Martin P ^c   Kucharski, Fred ^b   Straus, David M ^d  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annular modes; Interannual and interdecadal variability; Land sea contrast; North Atlantic Oscillation; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASYMMETRY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; DECADAL VARIATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EDDY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL ALTERATION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85027932454     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0906-z     Document Type: Article

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