Reconciling two alternative mechanisms behind bi-decadal variability in the North Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Mignot, Juliette, Sévellec, Florian, Ortega, Pablo, Swingedouw, Didier, Guilyardi, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: 530 Physics; Laplace; Iceland; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.73419; http://boris.unibe.ch/73419/

Understanding the preferential timescales of variability in the North Atlantic, usually associated with the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), is essential for the prospects for decadal prediction. However, the wide variety of mechanisms proposed from the analysis of climate simulat...