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The seasonal response of the Held-Suarez climate model to prescribed ocean temperature anomalies. II - Dynamical analysisThe heating associated with equatorial, subtropical, and midlatitude ocean temperature anamolies in the Held-Suarez climate model is analyzed. The local and downstream response to the anomalies is analyzed, first by examining the seasonal variation in heating associated with each ocean temperature anomaly, and then by combining knowledge of the heating with linear dynamical theory in order to develop a more comprehensive explanation of the seasonal variation in local and downstream atmospheric response to each anomaly. The extent to which the linear theory of propagating waves can assist the interpretation of the remote cross-latitudinal response of the model to the ocean temperature anomalies is considered. Alternative hypotheses that attempt to avoid the contradictions inherent in a strict application of linear theory are investigated, and the impact of sampling errors on the assessment of statistical significance is also examined.
Document ID
19850039007
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Phillips, T. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt; Applied Research Corp., Landover, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 41
ISSN: 0022-4928
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
85A21158
Distribution Limits
Public
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