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Origins of Atlantic decadal swings

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Temperature variability in the North Atlantic Ocean is the result of many competing physical processes, but the relative roles of these processes is a source of contention. Here, scientists present two perspectives on the debate.

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Figure 1: Atlantic multidecadal variability.

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  1. Department of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, 08544, New Jersey, USA

    Gabriel A. Vecchi

  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, 08542, New Jersey, USA

    Thomas L. Delworth

  3. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK

    Ben Booth

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Vecchi, G., Delworth, T. & Booth, B. Origins of Atlantic decadal swings. Nature 548, 284–285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23538

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