1 Erratum to: Clim Dyn DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2348-5

Because of misunderstanding during the proof’s editing, one affiliation of the first and corresponding author (Isabel Dorado Liñán) was missing and the fifth author’s last name (Campelo) was misspelled in the original publication of the article.

The corrected list of author’s names and affiliations is provided below.