Interannual Variations in an Atmospheric GCM Forced by the 1970-1989 SST, Part II: Low-Frequency Var
Interannual Variations in an Atmospheric GCM Forced by the 1970-1989 SST, Part II: Low-Frequency Var
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受 1970-1989 年海温影响的大气 GCM 年际变化,第二部分:低频 Var
DOI:
10.2151/jmsj1965.69.3_271
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
A. Kitoh
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作者:
A. Kitoh
An atmospheric general circulation model is integrated, forced by the observed near-global (40*S60*N) sea surface temperatures (SST) from September 1969 to February 1990. Recurrent patterns of the rnorithly mean Northern Hemisphere atmosphere in the simulated 20 winters are identified and compared with the observations. The simulated first mode, in the zonal wind at 200 mb, geopotential height at 500 mb, and zonal-mean zonal wind, fluctuates with a time-scale of about 10 years. This decade-scale variation seems to result from the specified SST for this period particularly over the tropical western Pacific northeast of New Guinea. A meridional shift of the East Asian subtropical jet and associated circulation changes contribute to this variation. Surface air temperature variations from around Japan to the extreme northern Pacific are mostly explained by this mode. This mode resembles the observed first and fourth modes of thee geopotential height at 500 mb. The model's systematic error of emphasizing variability over the North Pacific more than that over the North Atlantic results in extracting this mode associated with the meridional shift of the East Asian jet as the leading mode. Additionally, a trend of the equatorward shift of the Southern Hemisphere subtropical jet is also simulated related to the trend in the SST.