Contrasting interannual and multidecadal NAO variability

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[T. Woollings, C. Franzke, D. Hodson, B. Dong, E. Barnes, C. Raible, J. Pinto]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 45/1-2(2015-07-01), 539-556
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a Decadal and longer timescale variability in the winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has considerable impact on regional climate, yet it remains unclear what fraction of this variability is potentially predictable. This study takes a new approach to this question by demonstrating clear physical differences between NAO variability on interannual-decadal (<30 year) and multidecadal (>30 year) timescales. It is shown that on the shorter timescale the NAO is dominated by variations in the latitude of the North Atlantic jet and storm track, whereas on the longer timescale it represents changes in their strength instead. NAO variability on the two timescales is associated with different dynamical behaviour in terms of eddy-mean flow interaction, Rossby wave breaking and blocking. The two timescales also exhibit different regional impacts on temperature and precipitation and different relationships to sea surface temperatures. These results are derived from linear regression analysis of the Twentieth Century and NCEP-NCAR reanalyses and of a high-resolution HiGEM General Circulation Model control simulation, with additional analysis of a long sea level pressure reconstruction. Evidence is presented for an influence of the ocean circulation on the longer timescale variability of the NAO, which is particularly clear in the model data. As well as providing new evidence of potential predictability, these findings are shown to have implications for the reconstruction and interpretation of long climate records. 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a North Atlantic Oscillation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Jet variability  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Atmosphere-ocean interaction  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Climate reconstructions  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Woollings  |D T.  |u Department of Physics, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Parks Rd, OX1 3PU, Oxford, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Franzke  |D C.  |u Meteorological Institute and Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Hodson  |D D.  |u NCAS-Climate and Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Dong  |D B.  |u NCAS-Climate and Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Barnes  |D E.  |u Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Raible  |D C.  |u Climate and Environmental Physics and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pinto  |D J.  |u Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Franzke  |D C.  |u Meteorological Institute and Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Hodson  |D D.  |u NCAS-Climate and Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Dong  |D B.  |u NCAS-Climate and Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Barnes  |D E.  |u Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Raible  |D C.  |u Climate and Environmental Physics and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Pinto  |D J.  |u Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK  |4 aut 
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