Causes of decadal climate variability over the North Pacific and North America

Journal Article · Fri Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.266.5185.634· OSTI ID:6726558

Latif, M ^[1]; Barnett, T P ^[2]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, Hamburg (Germany)
2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA (United States)

The cause of decadal climate variability over the North Pacific Ocean and North America is investigated by the analysis of data from a multidecadal integration with a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmosphere model and observations. About one-third of the low-frequency climate variability in the region of interest can be attributed to a cycle involving unstable air-sea interactions between the subtropical gyre circulation in the North Pacific and the Aleutian low-pressure system. The existence of this cycle provides a basis for long-range climate forecasting over the western United States at decadal time scales. 17 refs., 5 figs.

• OSTI ID: 6726558
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 266:5185; ISSN 0036-8075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLIMATES
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CLIMATIC CHANGE
GLOBAL ASPECTS
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
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OCEANIC CIRCULATION
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
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