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Atmospheric signals at high latitudes in a coupled ocean‐atmosphere general circulation model
Author(s) -
Currie Robert G.,
Hameed Sultan
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl017i007p00945
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , general circulation model , atmospheric sciences , atmospheric circulation , atmospheric pressure , latitude , atmospheric tide , harmonics , environmental science , oscillation (cell signaling) , climatology , atmospheric noise , quasi biennial oscillation , range (aeronautics) , atmospheric model , circulation (fluid dynamics) , atmospheric wave , meteorology , physics , geology , stratosphere , geophysics , geodesy , ionosphere , climate change , oceanography , astrophysics , gravity wave , chemistry , very low frequency , thermosphere , mechanics , materials science , voltage , composite material , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , astronomy , gravitational wave
We report evidence for a ca . 40 month signal in air pressure simulated in a general circulation model, together with two further natural signals previously found, the ca . 26 month quasi‐biennial oscillation (QBO) and the ca . 14 month atmospheric Chandler tide. These 3 natural signals interact with the annual cycle and its harmonics to create a rich spectrum of summation and difference tones. Theoretically we expect 33 tones to be produced and evidence for 29 of these is found. The three classes of signals combined to contribute 51% of total variance, and range in period from 2 to 68 months. These results indicate that the spectrum of atmospheric variations on these time scales is discrete, unlike that of a chaotic system.