The North Atlantic Oscillation

Acknowledgements

Some important NAO questions …

What should we call it ?

"“The relationships between weather..."

Early history of NAO research …

NAO related publications
1980-2000

Wintertime SLP Variability
SLP Anomalies Dec/Jan/Feb (1988-1997)

Positive Phase of the NAO

 Negative phase of the NAO

  What is NAO ?

  NAO Indices

NAO varies on all time scales …

Power spectrum of daily NAO 1948-2000

What makes it tick …

 North Atlantic trends

Is it a coupled process ?

Is it a coupled process ?

How well can we forecast it ?

Daily Values of the NAO Index

Persistence in the NAO Time Series

Persistence in daily NAO …

Some wise words …

How does it affect things ?

Surface impacts of NAO …

NAO and the sex life of Scandinavian ungulates

Future events …

  Consensus of specialists