NAO implicated as a predictor of Northern Hemisphere mean temperature multidecadal variability
NAO implicated as a predictor of Northern Hemisphere mean temperature multidecadal variability
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NAO 是北半球平均温度数十年变化的预测因子
DOI:
10.1002/2013gl057877
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发表时间:
2013-10-28
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Jin, Fei-Fei
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作者:
Li, Jianping;Sun, Cheng;Jin, Fei-Fei
The twentieth century Northern Hemisphere mean surface temperature (NHT) is characterized by a multidecadal warming-cooling-warming pattern followed by a flat trend since about 2000 (recent warming hiatus). Here we demonstrate that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is implicated as a useful predictor of NHT multidecadal variability. Observational analysis shows that the NAO leads both the detrended NHT and oceanic Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) by 15-20 years. Theoretical analysis illuminates that the NAO precedes NHT multidecadal variability through its delayed effect on the AMO due to the large thermal inertia associated with slow oceanic processes. An NAO-based linear model is therefore established to predict the NHT, which gives an excellent hindcast for NHT in 1971-2011 with the recent flat trend well predicted. NHT in 2012-2027 is predicted to fall slightly over the next decades, due to the recent NAO decadal weakening that temporarily offsets the anthropogenically induced warming.