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Anchukaitis et al. 2019

Anchukaitis, K.J., E.R. Cook, B.I. Cook, J.K. Pearl, R. D'Arrigo, and R. Wilson, 2019: Coupled modes of North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere variability and the onset of the Little Ice Age. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, no. 21, 12417-12426, doi:10.1029/2019GL084350.

Hydroclimate extremes in North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean are linked to ocean and atmospheric circulation anomalies in the Atlantic, but the limited length of the instrumental record prevents complete identification and characterization of these patterns of covariability especially at decadal to centennial timescales. Here we analyze the coupled patterns of drought variability on either side of the North Atlantic Ocean basin using independent climate field reconstructions spanning the last millennium in order to detect and attribute epochs of coherent basin-wide moisture anomalies to ocean and atmosphere processes. A leading mode of broad-scale moisture variability is characterized by distinct patterns of North Atlantic atmosphere circulation and sea surface temperatures. We infer a negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation and colder Atlantic sea surface temperatures in the middle of the 15th century, coincident with weaker solar irradiance and prior to strong volcanic forcing associated with the early Little Ice Age.

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@article{an02200w,
  author={Anchukaitis, K. J. and Cook, E. R. and Cook, B. I. and Pearl, J. K. and D'Arrigo, R. and Wilson, R.},
  title={Coupled modes of North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere variability and the onset of the Little Ice Age},
  year={2019},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={46},
  number={21},
  pages={12417--12426},
  doi={10.1029/2019GL084350},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - an02200w
AU  - Anchukaitis, K. J.
AU  - Cook, E. R.
AU  - Cook, B. I.
AU  - Pearl, J. K.
AU  - D'Arrigo, R.
AU  - Wilson, R.
PY  - 2019
TI  - Coupled modes of North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere variability and the onset of the Little Ice Age
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 46
IS  - 21
SP  - 12417
EP  - 12426
DO  - 10.1029/2019GL084350
ER  -

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