North Atlantic Oscillation

Variability

observed data

Data Analysis

Climate variability

• Air-sea interaction
  • Large scale
  • Upwelling
  • Sea ice
• Air-land interaction
  • Snow
• Local responses

Climate predictability

• Linear model

• Analog technique

 

Data set	type	temporal resolution	variable	analyzed interval
COADS	gridded	monthly	SST surface winds	1965-1987 1966-1992
Romanian CLIMAT	62 stations 14 stations	monthly monthly	temperature precipitation	1961-1990 1900-1998
Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys-NSIDC	319 stations	monthly	number of days with snow cover	1966-1990
Jone's land only data	gridded	monthly	air surface temperature	1961-1990
Hulme data	gridded	monthly	precipitation	1961-1998

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