The North Atlantic Oscillation: Past, present, and future
The climate of the Atlantic sector exhibits considerable variability on a wide range of time scales. A substantial portion is associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a hemispheric meridional oscillation in atmospheric mass with centers of action near Iceland and over the subtropical At...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:60791 2023-05-15T16:28:34+02:00 The North Atlantic Oscillation: Past, present, and future Visbeck, Martin H. Hurrell, James W. Polvani, Lorenzo Cullen, Heidi M. 2001-11-06 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60791 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11687629 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231391598 en eng The National Academy of Sciences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60791 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11687629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231391598 Copyright © 2001, The National Academy of Sciences From the Academy Text 2001 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231391598 2013-08-29T08:43:55Z The climate of the Atlantic sector exhibits considerable variability on a wide range of time scales. A substantial portion is associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a hemispheric meridional oscillation in atmospheric mass with centers of action near Iceland and over the subtropical Atlantic. NAO-related impacts on winter climate extend from Florida to Greenland and from northwestern Africa over Europe far into northern Asia. Over the last 3 decades, the phase of the NAO has been shifting from mostly negative to mostly positive index values. Much remains to be learned about the mechanisms that produce such low frequency changes in the North Atlantic climate, but it seems increasingly likely that human activities are playing a significant role. Text Greenland Iceland North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation PubMed Central (PMC) Greenland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 23 12876 12877 |
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The climate of the Atlantic sector exhibits considerable variability on a wide range of time scales. A substantial portion is associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a hemispheric meridional oscillation in atmospheric mass with centers of action near Iceland and over the subtropical Atlantic. NAO-related impacts on winter climate extend from Florida to Greenland and from northwestern Africa over Europe far into northern Asia. Over the last 3 decades, the phase of the NAO has been shifting from mostly negative to mostly positive index values. Much remains to be learned about the mechanisms that produce such low frequency changes in the North Atlantic climate, but it seems increasingly likely that human activities are playing a significant role. |
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The North Atlantic Oscillation: Past, present, and future |
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The North Atlantic Oscillation: Past, present, and future |
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