Decadal climate variability over the North Pacific and North America: Dynamics and predictability
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg (Germany)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA (United States)
The dynamics and predictability of decadal climate variability over the North Pacific and North America are investigated by analyzing various observation datasets and the output of a state of the art coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model that was integrated for 125 years. Both the observations and model results support the picture that the decadal variability in the regional of interest is based on a cycle involving unstable ocean-atmosphere interactions over the North Pacific. The period of this cycle is of the order of a few decades. The cycle involves the two major circulation regimes in the North Pacific climate system, the subtropical ocean gyre, and the Aleutian low. 41 refs., 18 figs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-91ER61215
- OSTI ID:
- 411849
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Climate, Vol. 9, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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