Initialized decadal prediction for transition to positive phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States); National Center for Atmospheric Research
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
The negative phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), a dominant mode of multi-decadal variability of sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Pacific, contributed to the reduced rate of global surface temperature warming in the early 2000s. Here, a proposed mechanism for IPO multidecadal variability indicates that the presence of decadal timescale upper ocean heat content in the off-equatorial western tropical Pacific can provide conditions for an interannual El Nino/Southern Oscillation event to trigger a transition of tropical Pacific SSTs to the opposite IPO phase. Here we show that a decadal prediction initialized in 2013 simulates predicted Nino3.4 SSTs that have qualitatively tracked the observations through 2015. The year three to seven average prediction (2015-2019) from the 2013 initial state shows a transition to the positive phase of the IPO from the previous negative phase and a resumption of larger rates of global warming over the 2013-2022 period consistent with a positive IPO phase.
- Research Organization:
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC) National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); USDOE Office of Science (SC) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; FC02-97ER62402
- OSTI ID:
- 1280976
- Journal Information:
- Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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