Low-pass filtering, heat flux, and Atlantic multidecadal variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 7529-7553

  Cane, Mark A ^a   Clement, Amy C ^b   Murphy, Lisa N ^b   Bellomo, Katinka ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Coupled models; Oceanic mixed layer; Sea surface temperature; Statistics; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEAT FLUX; LOW PASS FILTERS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; WHITE NOISE;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; LOW-FREQUENCY SIGNALS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 85028398980     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0810.1     Document Type: Article

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