The Ocean's Role in Atlantic Climate Variability

Atlantic climate variability is an important driving force of climate in the surrounding land areas. In his Perspective, Visbeck explores recent advances toward understanding and predicting climate variability in the tropical Atlantic and the North Atlantic, and elucidating the role played by the oc...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Visbeck, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2002
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Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6320/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6320/1/Visbeck_Science.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1074029
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Summary:Atlantic climate variability is an important driving force of climate in the surrounding land areas. In his Perspective, Visbeck explores recent advances toward understanding and predicting climate variability in the tropical Atlantic and the North Atlantic, and elucidating the role played by the ocean's circulation.