The influence of volcanic eruptions on circulation regimes over the North Atlantic and their impact on European climate

International audience Large volcanic eruptions influence climate on both annual and decadal time scales due todynamical interactions of different climate components in the Earth's system. It is well established that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) tends to shift towards its positive phase...

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Main Authors: Feng, Yang, Khodri, Myriam, LI, Laurent, Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine, Lebas, Nicolas
Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN), Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2020
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Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03503469
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-17415
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Summary:International audience Large volcanic eruptions influence climate on both annual and decadal time scales due todynamical interactions of different climate components in the Earth's system. It is well established that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) tends to shift towards its positive phase during the winter season in the first 1–2 years after large tropical volcanic eruptions, causing warming over Europe. However, other North Atlantic circulation regimes such as Atlantic Ridge or zonal regime have received less attention. This study explores the volcanic fingerprint in terms of patterns and mechanisms on the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation in IPSL-CM6A-LR model simulations for tropical eruptions of the last millennium using dedicated sensitivity experiments and observation