Atmospheric and Ocean Dynamics May Explain Cycles in Oceanic Oscillations

• Published in: Climate
• Main Authors: Knut L. Seip, Øyvind Grøn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: cycle time; El Niño; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; North Atlantic Oscillation; Southern Oscillation Index; minimal model; leading relations; Pacific; Soi; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli7060077

What causes cycles in oceanic oscillations, and is there a change in the characteristics of oscillations in around 1950? Characteristics of oceanic cycles and their sources are important for climate predictability. We here compare cycles generated in a simple model with observed oceanic cycles in th...