Quantifying and Understanding Forced Changes to Unforced Modes of Atmospheric Circulation Variability over the North Pacific in a Coupled Model Large Ensemble

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 19 - 37
• Main Authors: O’Brien, John P., Deser, Clara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Atmosphere; Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Climate system; Drought; Dynamic height; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; El Nino-Southern Oscillation event; Emissions; Energy consumption; Flood control; Function analysis; Future water resources; Geopotential; Geopotential height; Human influences; Modes; Orthogonal functions; Precipitation; Radiative forcing; Southern Oscillation; Tropical environments; Variability; Water resources; Water resources planning

While much attention has been given to understanding how anthropogenic radiative forcing influences the mean state of the climate system, far less scrutiny has been paid to how it may modulate naturally occurring modes of variability. This study investigates forced changes to unforced modes of winte...