SST anomaly pattern, 275
SST correlation pattern, 273
SST anomalies, 121, 132, 139, 144, 146,
265, 266, 277, 285, 385, 390, 395,
397
SST anomalies, tropical, 128
SST variation, 283
stability, thermohaline, 199
state vector, 95, 126
Stefan-Boltzmann law, 69
stochastic atmospheric forcing, 69
stochastic climate model, 169
strange attractor, 449, 450
stratospheric polar vortex, 4
subsurface temperature anomalies, 283
sudden transitions, 194
sunspot activity, 164
surface mixed layer, 119
tangent propagator, 123
teleconnection pattern, 45, 46, 144
teleconnections, global, 175
thermohaline circulation, 335
thermohaline oscillation models, 181
thickness anomalies, 144
tree rings, 386
tropopause, 4
upscale cascade, 111
variability, 161
variability, modulations of decadal, 176
variability, atmospheric, 171
variability, centennial, 165
variability, chaotic, 132
variability, climate, 304
variability, decadal, 122, 143, 164, 165,
170, 183, 202, 265, 266, 271, 283,
306, 324
variability, decadal thermohaline, 179
variability, El Nino, 148
variability, ENSO-type, 288
variability, forcing function, 163
variability, generation of decadal climate,
277
variability, interannual, 306
variability, interdecadal, 37, 56, 160
variability, internal, 184
487
variability, internal ocean, 163, 174, 177,
179
variability, intra-decadal, 306
variability, intraseasonal, 115
variability, low frequency internal, 324
variability, natural, 167, 193, 395
variability, ocean decadal, 171
variability, of the sun, 165
variability, random, 10
variability, solar, 163
variability, SST, 133
variability, synoptic-scale, 114
variation, decadal, 175, 273
variation, in climate, 304
variation, in emissions, 166
variation, multi-decadal, 158
variation, natural internal, 304
variation, regional, 328
variation, seasonal, 174
volcanic eruptions, 165
warm period (the Eemian), 161
wave adjustment, 287
wave propagation, 275
wave action, 105
weather prediction models, 85, 148
weather regimes, 114, 139
weather system, extratropical, 95
white noise, 11, 26, 170
Younger Dryas, 161, 163, 184, 384
zonal index cycle, 53
SST correlation pattern, 273
SST anomalies, 121, 132, 139, 144, 146,
265, 266, 277, 285, 385, 390, 395,
397
SST anomalies, tropical, 128
SST variation, 283
stability, thermohaline, 199
state vector, 95, 126
Stefan-Boltzmann law, 69
stochastic atmospheric forcing, 69
stochastic climate model, 169
strange attractor, 449, 450
stratospheric polar vortex, 4
subsurface temperature anomalies, 283
sudden transitions, 194
sunspot activity, 164
surface mixed layer, 119
tangent propagator, 123
teleconnection pattern, 45, 46, 144
teleconnections, global, 175
thermohaline circulation, 335
thermohaline oscillation models, 181
thickness anomalies, 144
tree rings, 386
tropopause, 4
upscale cascade, 111
variability, 161
variability, modulations of decadal, 176
variability, atmospheric, 171
variability, centennial, 165
variability, chaotic, 132
variability, climate, 304
variability, decadal, 122, 143, 164, 165,
170, 183, 202, 265, 266, 271, 283,
306, 324
variability, decadal thermohaline, 179
variability, El Nino, 148
variability, ENSO-type, 288
variability, forcing function, 163
variability, generation of decadal climate,
277
variability, interannual, 306
variability, interdecadal, 37, 56, 160
variability, internal, 184
487
variability, internal ocean, 163, 174, 177,
179
variability, intra-decadal, 306
variability, intraseasonal, 115
variability, low frequency internal, 324
variability, natural, 167, 193, 395
variability, ocean decadal, 171
variability, of the sun, 165
variability, random, 10
variability, solar, 163
variability, SST, 133
variability, synoptic-scale, 114
variation, decadal, 175, 273
variation, in climate, 304
variation, in emissions, 166
variation, multi-decadal, 158
variation, natural internal, 304
variation, regional, 328
variation, seasonal, 174
volcanic eruptions, 165
warm period (the Eemian), 161
wave adjustment, 287
wave propagation, 275
wave action, 105
weather prediction models, 85, 148
weather regimes, 114, 139
weather system, extratropical, 95
white noise, 11, 26, 170
Younger Dryas, 161, 163, 184, 384
zonal index cycle, 53