A Mechanism for Decadal Climate Variability [PDF]
We describe in this paper a mechanism for decadal climate variability that can lead to decadal climate cycles in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. A hierarchy of numerical models and observations are used to understand the fundamental dynamics of these decadal cycles.
M. Latif +5 more
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As societies transition to evidence-based adaptation and management there is increasing recognition of the need for understanding climate change and variability dynamics and impacts at regional levels and for various activities.
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The physics of climate variability and climate change [PDF]
The climate system is a forced, dissipative, nonlinear, complex and heterogeneous system that is out of thermodynamic equilibrium. The system exhibits natural variability on many scales of motion, in time as well as space, and it is subject to various external forcings, natural as well as anthropogenic.
Ghil, Michael, Lucarini, Valerio
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Climate Variability and Change of Mediterranean-Type Climates [PDF]
AbstractMediterranean-type climates are defined by temperate, wet winters, and hot or warm dry summers and exist at the western edges of five continents in locations determined by the geography of winter storm tracks and summer subtropical anticyclones.
Seager, Richard +5 more
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Multimodel climate and variability of the stratosphere [PDF]
The stratospheric climate and variability from simulations of sixteen chemistry‐climate models is evaluated. On average the polar night jet is well reproduced though its variability is less well reproduced with a large spread between models.
T. Nakamura +154 more
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Decadal-interdecadal climate variability over Antarctica and linkages to the Tropics : analysis of ice core, instrumental, and tropical proxy data [PDF]
The Antarctic continent contains the majority of the global ice volume and plays an important role in a changing climate. The nature and causes of Antarctic climate variability are, however, poorly understood beyond interannual time scales due to the ...
Okumura, Yuko +3 more
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Small influence of solar variability on climate over the past millennium [PDF]
The climate of the past millennium was marked by substantial decadal and centennial scale variability in the Northern Hemisphere(1). Low solar activity has been linked to cooling during the Little Ice Age (AD 1450-1850; ref.
Hegerl, Gabriele C. +5 more
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Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records [PDF]
An improved understanding of present-day climate variability and change relies on high-quality data sets from the past 2 millennia. Global efforts to model regional climate modes are in the process of being validated against, and integrated with, records
Rull, V. +65 more
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Assessment of the 11-year solar cycle signals in the middle atmosphere during boreal winter with multiple-model ensemble simulations [PDF]
To better understand possible reasons for the diverse modeling results and large discrepancies of the detected solar fingerprints, we took one step back and assessed the “initial” solar signals in the middle atmosphere based on a set of ensemble ...
W. Huo +7 more
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Interannual climate variability seen in the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project [PDF]
Following reconstructions suggesting weakened temperature gradients along the Equator in the early Pliocene, there has been much speculation about Pliocene climate variability.
Brierley, CM, C. M. Brierley
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