Interactions between the Responses of North American Climate to El Niño–La Niña and to the Secular Warming Trend in the Indian–Western Pacific Oceans

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 476 - 494
• Main Authors: Lau, Ngar-Cheung, Leetmaa, Ants, Nath, Mary Jo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.02.2008
• Subjects: 20th century; 21st century; Aerosols; Anomalies; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric circulation models; Atmospheric models; Atmospherics; Carbon; Climate; Climate change; Climate models; Climatic zones; Climatology; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Cold; Drought; Earth, ocean, space; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; Exact sciences and technology; Experiments; External geophysics; Fluid dynamics; General circulation models; Global warming; Heat waves; Heatwaves; La Nina; Meteorology; Modelling; Oceans; Precipitation; Roles; Sea surface; Sea surface temperature; Surface temperature; Trends; Indian Ocean; West Pacific; Pacific Ocean; North America; USA; Teleconnection; trend-surface analysis; General circulation models; climate variability; digital simulation; Sea surface temperature; North America; Dynamical climatology; Ocean-atmosphere model; El Nino; Winter; Southern oscillation; warming; Composite analysis; La Nina

The modulation of El Niño and La Niña responses by the long-term sea surface temperature (SST) warming trend in the Indian–Western Pacific (IWP) Oceans has been investigated using a large suite of sensitivity integrations with an atmospheric general circulation model. These model runs entail the pre...