Open AccessTropical Atlantic variability in a coupled GCM
Author(s) -
Liu Zhengyu,
Wu Lixin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1006/asle.2000.0003
Subject(s) - tropical atlantic , gcm transcription factors , climatology , atlantic equatorial mode , atlantic hurricane , environmental science , atlantic multidecadal oscillation , mode (computer interface) , oceanography , general circulation model , geology , sea surface temperature , tropical cyclone , climate change , computer science , operating system
Tropical Atlantic Variability (TAV) is simulated in a coupled GCM. The TAV seems to be consistent with a dipole mode that involves both surface and subsurface oceanic dynamics. The poor correlation of the tropical North and South Atlantic SST is suggested to be distorted by the presence of a symmetric tropical Atlantic mode. Copyright © 2000 Royal Meteorological Society.