The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited
@article{Newman2016ThePD, title={The Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Revisited}, author={Matthew Newman and Matthew Newman and Michael A. Alexander and Toby R. Ault and Kim M. Cobb and Clara Deser and Emanuele Di Lorenzo and Nathan J Mantua and Arthur J. Miller and Shoshiro Minobe and Hisashi Nakamura and Niklas Schneider and Daniel J. Vimont and Adam S. Phillips and James D. Scott and James D. Scott and Catherine A. Smith and Catherine A. Smith}, journal={Journal of Climate}, year={2016}, volume={29}, pages={4399-4427} }
AbstractThe Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), the dominant year-round pattern of monthly North Pacific sea surface temperature (SST) variability, is an important target of ongoing research within the meteorological and climate dynamics communities and is central to the work of many geologists, ecologists, natural resource managers, and social scientists. Research over the last 15 years has led to an emerging consensus: the PDO is not a single phenomenon, but is instead the result of a…
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