Variability and predictability of the North Atlantic wave climate

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Woolf, D.K., Challenor, P.G., Cotton, P.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Midwinter; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/102259/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JC001124

Wave climate across the ocean basins can be described using satellite altimetry; here, we concentrate on the North Atlantic region. Waves in the North Atlantic are strongly seasonal and peak in the winter season. The northeastern sector of the Atlantic and adjoining shelf seas also exhibit exception...