Variability and Changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation Index

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-22

  Osborn, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External forcing; Internal variability; North Atlantic Oscillation index; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052401129     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1372-7_2     Document Type: Chapter

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