Forcing of the wintertime atmospheric circulation by the multidecadal fluctuations of the North Atlantic ocean
The North Atlantic sea surface temperature exhibits fluctuations on the multidecadal time scale, a phenomenon known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). This letter demonstrates that the multidecadal fluctuations of the wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) are tied to the AMO, with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/034018 |