Large-scale atmospheric response to warm SST anomalies in the North Pacific in the 2021-22 winter ...
<!--!introduction!--> Sea surface temperatures (SST) in the North Pacific were extremely warm in the 2021-22 winter associated with the negative phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). We investigate the large-scale atmospheric responses to the warm SST anomalies through ensemble time-...
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-0277 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016188 |
| Summary: | <!--!introduction!--> Sea surface temperatures (SST) in the North Pacific were extremely warm in the 2021-22 winter associated with the negative phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). We investigate the large-scale atmospheric responses to the warm SST anomalies through ensemble time-slice experiments of an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) with two different horizontal resolution settings: 100 km and 50 km. In both the 100-km and 50-km experiments, anticyclonic responses in the winter-mean 500-hPa geopotential height fields are found over the North Pacific. The anticyclonic response is stronger in the 50-km AGCM, and its center is located slightly to the west of that obtained in the 100-km AGCM. Blocking frequency over the North Pacific in the 50-km AGCM is significantly increased under the influence of the warm SST anomalies, which may cool the lower stratosphere in the Arctic through suppressing upward planetary-wave propagation from the troposphere. Such increased blocking and ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ... |
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