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Arctic Oscillation variability generated through inter‐ocean interactions
Author(s) -
Dima Mihai,
Rimbu Norel,
Dima Ioana
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2002gl014717
Subject(s) - climatology , arctic oscillation , anomaly (physics) , pacific decadal oscillation , the arctic , geology , northern hemisphere , arctic , atmospheric circulation , oscillation (cell signaling) , atmosphere (unit) , mode (computer interface) , southern hemisphere , north atlantic oscillation , madden–julian oscillation , arctic dipole anomaly , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , oceanography , el niño southern oscillation , arctic ice pack , geography , meteorology , physics , convection , drift ice , biology , computer science , genetics , condensed matter physics , operating system
We investigate the structure of the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation anomaly patterns associated with the dominant mode of interannual variability in the Tropical Pacific and the dominant mode of quasi‐decadal variability in the Atlantic basin. There is evidence that the superposition of the atmospheric patterns associated with these modes possesses an Arctic Oscillation‐like structure. We suggest that part of the Arctic Oscillation variability is due to interactions between coupled ocean‐atmosphere modes originating in the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic basins.