An ocean model's response to North Atlantic Oscillation-like wind forcing

被引:139
作者
Visbeck, M [1 ]
Cullen, H [1 ]
Krahmann, G [1 ]
Naik, N [1 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
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10.1029/1998GL900162
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
The response of the Atlantic Ocean to North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)-like wind forcing was investigated using an ocean-only general circulation model coupled to an atmospheric boundary layer model. A series of idealized experiments was performed to investigate the interannual to multi-decadal frequency response of the ocean to a winter wind anomaly pattern. Overall, the strength of the SST response increased slightly with longer forcing periods. In the subpolar gyre, however, the model showed a broad response maximum in the decadal band (12-16 years).
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