Open AccessOcean Warming Pattern Effect On Global And Regional Climate Change
Author(s) -
Xie ShangPing
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
agu advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-604X
DOI - 10.1029/2019av000130
Subject(s) - environmental science , climatology , greenhouse gas , global warming , climate change , radiative forcing , effects of global warming on oceans , abrupt climate change , climate sensitivity , climate model , forcing (mathematics) , greenhouse effect , ocean heat content , atmospheric sciences , effects of global warming , sea surface temperature , oceanography , geology
Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases cause the planet to warm, and the ocean uptake of anthropogenic heat slows the warming, preventing the climate system from equilibrating with the increasing radiative forcing. The uneven ocean surface warming affects regional changes in tropical rainfall, El Niño, and the global climate sensitivity. Thus, the study of ocean warming patterns bridges the ocean‐atmospheric dynamics community focusing on spatial patterns on one hand and the climate change community with a traditional emphasis on the planetary energy budget and radiative feedback on the other.