The absence of an Atlantic imprint on the multidecadal variability of wintertime European temperature

The conspicuous absence of a North Atlantic sea surface temperature signature from western European temperature records remains an anomaly. Here, the authors show that this is due to a dynamic atmospheric circulation anomaly that suppresses the expected thermodynamic response.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Ayako Yamamoto, Jaime B. Palter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10930
https://doaj.org/article/cec055dd457b477cad6508bd2e0baf95
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Summary:The conspicuous absence of a North Atlantic sea surface temperature signature from western European temperature records remains an anomaly. Here, the authors show that this is due to a dynamic atmospheric circulation anomaly that suppresses the expected thermodynamic response.