A delayed oscillator model for the quasi-periodic multidecadal variability of the NAO

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Cheng Sun, Jianping Li, Fei-Fei Jin]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 2083-2099
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 2 |a A delayed oscillator model for the quasi-periodic multidecadal variability of the NAO  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Cheng Sun, Jianping Li, Fei-Fei Jin] 
520 3 |a Wavelet analysis of the annual North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index back to 1659 reveals a significant frequency band at about 60years. Recent NAO decadal variations, including the increasing trend during 1960-1990 and decreasing trend since the mid-1990s, can be well explained by the approximate 60-year cycle. This quasi 60-year oscillation of the NAO is realistically reproduced in a long-term control simulation with version 4 of the Community Climate System Model, and the possible mechanisms are further investigated. The positive NAO forces the strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and induces a basin-wide uniform sea surface temperature (SST) warming that corresponds to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO). The SST field exhibits a delayed response to the preceding enhanced AMOC, and shows a pattern similar to the North Atlantic tripole (NAT), with SST warming in the northern North Atlantic and cooling in the southern part. This SST pattern (negative NAT phase) may lead to an atmospheric response that resembles the negative NAO phase, and subsequently the oscillation proceeds, but in the opposite sense. Based on these mechanisms, a simple delayed oscillator model is established to explain the quasi-periodic multidecadal variability of the NAO. The magnitude of the NAO forcing of the AMOC/AMO and the time delay of the AMOC/AMO feedback are two key parameters of the delayed oscillator. For a given set of parameters, the quasi 60-year cycle of the NAO can be well predicted. This delayed oscillator model is useful for understanding of the oscillatory mechanism of the NAO, which has significant potential for decadal predictions as well as the interpretation of proxy data records. 
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690 7 |a North Atlantic Oscillation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Atlantic multidecadal variability  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Atlantic meridional overturning circulation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Delayed oscillator model  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Sun  |D Cheng  |u College of Global Change and Earth System Science (GCESS), Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Li  |D Jianping  |u College of Global Change and Earth System Science (GCESS), Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Jin  |D Fei-Fei  |u Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 96822, Honolulu, HI, USA  |4 aut 
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