Analysis of Decadal Variability in the North Pacific

提供资金以探索中纬度海气相互作用作为一种机制 北太平洋年代际变化的研究，并建立一个模型， 包含了十年信号的基本物理学。的物理学 将使用理想化模型的层次结构来研究十年信号， 海洋和耦合大气环流模式的模拟，以及 上层海洋温度和表面通量的历史数据。这项工作将 侧重于副极地环流的作用，海洋中的垂直结构， 表面通量的作用。

Funding is provided to explore mid-latitude air-sea interaction as a mechanism for decadal variability in the North Pacific and to develop a model that encompasses the essential physics of the decadal signal. The physics of the decadal signal will be investigated using a hierarchy of idealized models, simulations with ocean and coupled general circulation models, and analysis of historical data of upper ocean temperature and surface fluxes. The work will focus on the role of the sub-polar gyre, the vertical structure in the ocean, and the role of surface fluxes.