Open AccessOn the structure and variability of atmospheric circulation regimes in coupled climate models
Author(s) -
Weisheimer Antje,
Handorf Dörthe,
Dethloff Klaus
Publication year - 2001
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.2001.0026
Subject(s) - climatology , forcing (mathematics) , atmospheric circulation , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , circulation (fluid dynamics) , constant (computer programming) , general circulation model , climate model , climate change , meteorology , atmospheric dynamics , geography , geology , atmosphere (unit) , physics , computer science , mechanics , oceanography , programming language
In order to investigate whether climate models of different complexity have the potential to simulate natural atmospheric circulation regimes, 1000‐year‐long integrations with constant external forcing have been analysed. Significant non‐Gaussian uni‐, bi‐, and trimodal probability density functions have been found in 100‐year segments. Copyright © 2001 Royal Meteorological Society.