The basic effects of atmosphere-ocean thermal coupling on midlatitude variability

Abstract Starting from the assumption that the atmosphere is the primary source of variability internal to the midlatitude atmosphere–ocean system on intraseasonal to interannual timescales, the authors construct a simple stochastically forced, one-dimensional, linear, coupled energy balance model. The coupled system is then dissected into partially coupled and uncoupled systems in order to quantify the effects of coupling. The simplicity of the model allows for analytic evaluation of many quantities of interest, including power spectra, total variance, lag covariance between atmosphere and ocean, and surface flux spectra. The model predicts that coupling between the atmosphere and ocean in the midlatitudes will enhance the variance in both media and will decrease the energy flux between the atmosphere and the ocean. The model also demonstrates that specification of historical midlatitude sea surface temperature anomalies as a boundary condition for an atmospheric model will not generally lead to a correc...

• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Oceanographic Literature Review

• Publication date

  1998-02-15

• Fields of study

  Physics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0477:TBEOAO>2.0.CO;2
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