Evaluation of the Response of Atmospheric Models to Low- Frequency SST Variability in the Tropical Pacific

热带太平洋海-气耦合环流模式的发展是热带海洋-全球大气(TOGA)计划的一个主要目标。这项提议要求资金完成与发展该区域模式有关的三项任务：1)比较5个不同海面温度强迫模式的风场输出；2)比较3个海洋-大气环流耦合模式的风场输出；3)利用风和降水场强迫一个活跃的热力和盐度模式。这些分析将为模型的准确性和可靠性提供重要的评估，并将有助于指导未来的模型开发。

The development of coupled ocean-atmosphere circulation models for the tropical Pacific is a major goal of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program. This proposal requests funds to accomplish three tasks related to development of models for this region: 1) to compare the output of wind fields from 5 different GCMs which have been forced by prescribed sea surface temperatures; 2) to compare the output of wind fields from three coupled ocean-atmosphere circulation models; and 3) to use the wind and precipitation fields to force an active thermodynamic and salinity model. These analyses will provide an important evaluation of model accuracy and reliability, and will help to guide future model development.