Natural climate variability and climate change in the North-Atlantic European region; chance for surprise?

Long-term variability in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Atlantic thermohaline ocean circulation (THC) are both shaping the European climate on time scales of decades and longer. Possible linear and non-linear changes in the characteristics of these natural climate modes due to global w...

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Main Authors: Appenzeller, Christof, Stocker, Thomas F., Schmittner, Andreas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Integrated Assessment Journal 2005
Subjects:
CLEAR
natural climate variability
climate change
atmosphere
ocean
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/iaj/article/view/2612
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Summary:Long-term variability in the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Atlantic thermohaline ocean circulation (THC) are both shaping the European climate on time scales of decades and longer. Possible linear and non-linear changes in the characteristics of these natural climate modes due to global warming are an important source of uncertainty in long-term regional projections of future climate changes.

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