ENSO Amplitude Changes due to Climate Change Projections in Different Coupled ModelsSource: Journal of Climate:;2007:;volume( 020 ):;issue: 002::page 203DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4001.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Four climate system models are chosen here for an analysis of ENSO amplitude changes in 4 ? CO2 climate change projections. Despite the large changes in the tropical Pacific mean state, the changes in ENSO amplitude are highly model dependant. To investigate why similar mean state changes lead to very different ENSO amplitude changes, the characteristics of sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) variability simulated in two coupled general circulation models (CGCMs) are analyzed: the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) models. The skewed distribution of tropical Pacific SSTA simulated in the MRI model suggests the importance of nonlinearities in the ENSO physics, whereas the GFDL model lies in the linear regime. Consistent with these differences in ENSO regime, the GFDL model is insensitive to the mean state changes, whereas the MRI model is sensitive to the mean state changes associated with the 4 ? CO2 scenario. Similarly, the low-frequency modulation of ENSO amplitude in the GFDL model is related to atmospheric stochastic forcing, but in the MRI model the amplitude modulation is insensitive to the noise forcing. These results suggest that the understanding of changes in ENSO statistics among various climate change projections is highly dependent on whether the model ENSO is in the linear or nonlinear regime.
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contributor author | Yeh, Sang-Wook | |
contributor author | Kirtman, Ben P. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:02:42Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T17:02:42Z | |
date copyright | 2007/01/01 | |
date issued | 2007 | |
identifier issn | 0894-8755 | |
identifier other | ams-78464.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4221136 | |
description abstract | Four climate system models are chosen here for an analysis of ENSO amplitude changes in 4 ? CO2 climate change projections. Despite the large changes in the tropical Pacific mean state, the changes in ENSO amplitude are highly model dependant. To investigate why similar mean state changes lead to very different ENSO amplitude changes, the characteristics of sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) variability simulated in two coupled general circulation models (CGCMs) are analyzed: the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) models. The skewed distribution of tropical Pacific SSTA simulated in the MRI model suggests the importance of nonlinearities in the ENSO physics, whereas the GFDL model lies in the linear regime. Consistent with these differences in ENSO regime, the GFDL model is insensitive to the mean state changes, whereas the MRI model is sensitive to the mean state changes associated with the 4 ? CO2 scenario. Similarly, the low-frequency modulation of ENSO amplitude in the GFDL model is related to atmospheric stochastic forcing, but in the MRI model the amplitude modulation is insensitive to the noise forcing. These results suggest that the understanding of changes in ENSO statistics among various climate change projections is highly dependent on whether the model ENSO is in the linear or nonlinear regime. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | ENSO Amplitude Changes due to Climate Change Projections in Different Coupled Models | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 20 | |
journal issue | 2 | |
journal title | Journal of Climate | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/JCLI4001.1 | |
journal fristpage | 203 | |
journal lastpage | 217 | |
tree | Journal of Climate:;2007:;volume( 020 ):;issue: 002 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |