Southern oscillation in the OSU coupled upper ocean/atmosphere GCM
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (USA). Inst. for Atmospheric Sciences
With the advent of coupled ocean/atmosphere global climate models it has become possible to study their inherent natural variability. This natural variability arises as a consequence of the encoded physics and dynamics since the only imposed constraint on the simulation is the diurnal and annual cycle of solar radiation. One of the dominant modes of interannual variability is the Southern Oscillation (SO). The Oregon State University coupled upper ocean/atmosphere global climate model has been shown to qualitatively simulate many aspects of the SO. Sea-level pressure (SLP), sea-surface temperature (SST), thermocline layer temperature, surface air temperature, precipitation, and mixed layer currents are among the simulated fields which reproduce SO characteristics. Thus the nature of ocean/atmosphere feedback processes can be investigated. 10 refs., 2 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 7242669
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-102861; CONF-8910338--2; ON: DE90008415
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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