Abstract: Two ocean formulations, one a simple, 50-m slab ocean and another a coarse-resolution global ocean general circulation model (GCM), are coupled to a global atmospheric GCM. To determine what part of the simulation errors ...

Abstract: Recent advances in computer power and climate modeling capability have provided the opportunity for several modeling groups to undertake extended integrations with global coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models that allow ...

Abstract: The cause of the semiannual oscillation (SAO) at middle and high southern latitudes, proposed by van Loon, is reexamined using observations and general circulation model (GCM) simulations. The model results and the more ...

Abstract: A mechanism is described that involves the south Asian monsoon as an active part of the tropospheric biennial oscillation (TBO) described in previous studies. This mechanism depends on coupled land?atmosphere?ocean ...

Abstract: The annual cycle of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR), clouds, precipitation and sea level pressure is studied from satellite and station data in the tropical Indian and Pacific sectors. A region of heavy convection, termed ...

Abstract: Observations and three General Circulation Model (GCW) simulations are analyzed to study interannual processes and interactions involved in the tropical Indian and Pacific sectors and higher southern latitudes. Major ...

Abstract: A seasonal global ocean-current data set (OCDS) digitized on a 5° grid from long-term mean shipdrift-derived currents from pilot charts is presented and described. Annual zonal means of v-component currents show subtropical ...

Abstract: In the hierarchy of simple ocean formulations available for coupling to atmospheric GCMs, a scheme whereby ocean surface-layer depths vary geographically and seasonally is deemed better than a fixed depth layer at all ...

Abstract: Variations in the upper-ocean beat content are part of a mechanism to explain biennial signals in the tropical Indian and Pacific ocean regions. The mechanism involves modulations of the annual cycle of convection and ...

Abstract: The present generation of global coupled ocean?atmosphere GCMs contains considerable systematic errors both in terms of net surface heat flux and simulated SSTs. Here, a global coupled GCM is used to illustrate how systematic ...