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The origins of a climate oscillation

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An index of water-circulation strength in the North Atlantic Ocean has been derived from sea-level measurements. This provides fresh evidence of the ocean's leading role in multidecadal climate variability. See Letter p.508

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Figure 1: Circulation and pressures in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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  1. Sergey K. Gulev is at the P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia, and at Moscow State University.,

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  2. Mojib Latif is at the GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel D-24105, Germany, and at Kiel University.,

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