Modes of variability as simulated by a global climate model

• Main Author: Timmermann, A.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Hamburg 1999
• Subjects: Curl; Pacific; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0005-D56E-0; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0005-D570-C

We discussed in this thesis an orchestra of climate modes with characteristic time scales of about 5, 16 and 35 years (see Fig.6.3). Interannual variability in the Pacific is ENSO-like. This quasi-oscillatory mode can be understood as a coupled air-sea mode. We discussed the origin of ENSO variance...