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Article: The link between the North Atlantic oscillation and Arctic Sea ice export through Fram Strait
- Article from:
- Journal of Climate
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Oct 1, 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
Recently, Hilmer and Jung have shown that the wintertime link between the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO) and the sea ice export through Fram Strait changed from zero correlation (1958-77) to about 0.7 (1978-97) during the last four decades. In the current study, the authors focus on the question of how the two phenomena are linked in a long-term context during wintertime (December-March). This is done on a statistical basis using data from a century-scale control integration of the coupled general circulation model ECHAM4-OPYC3 along with historical sea level pressure data for the period 1908-97.
From the results of this study there is less indication that a significant link on ...