On the role of ocean-atmosphere interaction in midlatitude interdecadal variability

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 167 - 170
• Main Authors: Weng, Wenjie, Neelin, J. David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Blackwell Publishing Ltd 15.01.1998; American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Physics of the oceans; Sea-air exchange processes; Pacific Ocean; North Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean; North Pacific; AN, North Atlantic; IN, North Pacific; Mid latitude; Models; Climate variation; Interdecadal variation; Ocean atmosphere interaction

A simple midlatitude ocean‐atmosphere model is used to investigate possible roles of coupled feedback in interdecadal climate variability over the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Stochastic forcing by atmospheric internal variability maintains variance in both uncoupled and coupled cases. C...