Short-term climate fluctuations related to air-sea interaction in tropical and subtropical regions of North Atlantic

Roxana Bojariu; Roland Cotariu

doi:10.1117/12.228621

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18 December 1995 Short term climate fluctuations related to air-sea interaction in tropical and subtropical regions of the North Atlantic

Roxana Bojariu, Roland Cotariu

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Proceedings Volume 2586, Global Process Monitoring and Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228621
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing II, 1995, Paris, France

Abstract

The linkage between sea surface temperature (SST) and surface winds from tropical and subtropical regions of the North Atlantic, and ground temperature and rainfall amount from southern and central Europe are studied using canonical correlation analysis (CCA). The data sets which consist of monthly means span the interval from January 1965 to February 1985. The effects of Atlantic processes on European temperature and rainfall anomalies are seasonal dependent. Two types of variability patterns are found: one in which the response to Atlantic forcing is rather local (Iberian area) and the other that seems to be related to some large scale phenomena. The North Atlantic oscillation signal is revealed by the Atlantic-European patters of winter variability.

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Roxana Bojariu and Roland Cotariu "Short term climate fluctuations related to air-sea interaction in tropical and subtropical regions of the North Atlantic", Proc. SPIE 2586, Global Process Monitoring and Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Sea Ice, (18 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228621

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