TITLE:
Time-integrated North Atlantic Oscillation as a proxy for climatic change
AUTHORS:
Adriano Mazzarella
KEYWORDS:
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Length of Day (LOD); Sea Surface Temperature (SST); Correlation Coefficient; Vector Probable Error
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.5 No.1A,
January
31,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The time-integrated yearly values of North Atlantic Oscillation (INAO) are found to be well correlated to the sea surface temperature. The results give the feasibility of using INAO as a good proxy for climate change and contribute to a more complete picture of the full range of variability inherent in the climate system. Moreover, the extrapolation in the future of the well identified 65-year harmonic in INAO suggests a gradual decline in global warming starting from 2005.