Search
CSV
RISInterannual to Decadal Variability in Climate and the Glacier Mass Balance in Washington, Western Canada, and Alaska
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors examine the net winter, summer, and annual mass balance of six glaciers along the northwest coast of North America, extending from Washington State to Alaska. The net winter (NWB) and net annual (NAB) mass ...
A Linear Stochastic Dynamical Model of ENSO. Part I: Model Development
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Singular vector analysis and Floquet analysis are carried out on a linearized variant of the Zebiak?Cane atmosphere?ocean model of El Niño?Southern Oscillation (ENSO), hereinafter called the nominal model. The Floquet ...
A Linear Stochastic Dynamical Model of ENSO. Part II: Analysis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this study the behavior of a linear, intermediate model of ENSO is examined under stochastic forcing. The model was developed in a companion paper (Part I) and is derived from the Zebiak?Cane ENSO model. Four variants ...
Anomalous Sea Surface Temperatures and Local Air–Sea Energy Exchange on Intraannual Timescales in the Northeastern Subtropical Pacific
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Here 11 years of surface data (1961?72, excluding 1963) taken at ocean weather ship N (OWS N) are analyzed. OWS N is located in the subtropical eastern Pacific Ocean (140°W, 30°N). Bulk formulas are employed to calculate ...
Do General Circulation Models Underestimate the Natural Variability in the Arctic Climate?
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors examine the natural variability of the arctic climate system simulated by two very different models: the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) global climate model, and an area-averaged model of the ...
A New Ocean Model for Studying the Tropical Oceanic Aspects of ENSO
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A 21/2-layer ocean model is developed to investigate the role of the first two baroclinic modes in determining the interannual variations of the sea surface temperature (SST) associated with the El Niño?Southern Oscillation ...
The Annual Cycle over the Tropical Atlantic, South America, and Africa
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The annual cycle over land can be thought of as being forced locally by the direct action of the sun and remotely by circulations forced by regions of persistent precipitation organized primarily by SST and, secondarily, ...
Terrestrial Influence on the Annual Cycle of the Atlantic ITCZ in an AGCM Coupled to a Slab Ocean Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An atmospheric GCM coupled to a slab ocean model is used to investigate how temperature and precipitation over South America and Africa affect the annual cycle of the Atlantic ITCZ. The main conclusion of this study is ...
Mechanisms Controlling the Annual Cycle of Precipitation in the Tropical Atlantic Sector in an Atmospheric GCM
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A set of AGCM experiments is used to study the annual cycle of precipitation in the region surrounding the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The experiments are designed to reveal the relative importance of insolation over land and ...
Mongolian Mountains Matter Most: Impacts of the Latitude and Height of Asian Orography on Pacific Wintertime Atmospheric Circulation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he impacts of Asian orography on the wintertime atmospheric circulation over the Pacific are explored using altered-orography, semi-idealized, general circulation model experiments. The latitude of orography is found to ...