Coupled Variability in CCSM3
Coupled Variability in CCSM3. Michael Alexander Climate Diagnostics Branch Physical Science Division (PSD) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Was The Climate Diagnostics Center Christophe Cassou, Clara Deser , Young-Oh Kwon, Adam Phillips. Selective Survey. ENSO
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Coupled Variability in CCSM3 Michael Alexander Climate Diagnostics Branch Physical Science Division (PSD) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Was The Climate Diagnostics Center Christophe Cassou, Clara Deser, Young-Oh Kwon, Adam Phillips
Selective Survey • ENSO • SST, precipitation • Global Teleconnections • Winter Time Climate/Variability • Patterns: PDO, PNA, NAO/AO, PNA • Extratropical Upper Ocean Processes • Seasonal cycle of Temp, MLD • Winter-to-winter recurrence of SST Anomalies • For more information see: http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/publications/jclim04/Papers_JCL04.html
Tropical Sea Surface Temperature CSM2 Nino3.4 CSM3 T42 CSM3 T85 OBS
SST Nino3.4 Index:Observed vs. CCSM3 (T42) Observed Model
Power Spectrum of SST Nino3.4 Index T42 CSM3 T42 CSM2 OBS T85 CSM3
ENSO SST Composite Observations CSM3 T85
Warm - Cold ENSO Composites (DJF) SST Precipitation T42 similar 99% sig.
PDO: 1st EOF Of Winter SST Anomalies CCSM3 T42 (Yr : 100 – 999; 26 %) CCSM2 (T42) (Yr : 350 – 999; 20 %) CCSM3 T85 (Yr : 100 – 599; 28 %) Observation (ERSST : 1901 – 2000; 28 %)
Power Spectrum Winter SST Kuroshio Extension Index Observation (ERSST: 1901-2000) ~20 yr CCSM3 T85 (100-599) ~16-20 yr
Regression on SST Kuroshio Extension Index +2ºC per ºC SST KEI +50 W/m2 per ºC SST KEI SST (Winter) Warm SST ~ Heat Flux from Ocean to Atmosphere QNET (Winter) (Contour Interval: 0.2ºC/ºC, 10 W/m2/°C ; Shading: significant at 99 %) • Local QNET responds to the SST anomaly, rather than forcing it.
Lead/-lag correlations in the Kuroshio Extension Region Warmer SST Heat Convergence Heat Convergence Geostrophic Heat Divergence vs. QNET Heat Flux out of Ocean Geostrophic Heat Divergence vs. SST (Low-pass Filter > 10 yr) Ocean heat convergence +1-2 yr warmer SST +1~2 yr ocean-to-atmosphere QNET
NCEP 38.4% Pacific Variability (PNA)EOF 1 500 mb Height (m) DJFM CCSM 40.1%
Pacific Patterns in CCSM3& correlations with Tair Patterns from Cluster analyses Atm Response: El Nino ≠-La Nina e.g. ALE+ most Prevalent in Nina
NCEP CCSM3 49.4% 46.8% North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) EOF 1 500 mb Height (m) DJFM
NAO+/- & Correlations with Tair in CCSM3 Based on Cluster analyses
March Mixed Layer Depth (m) CCSM3 Levitus
Annual Cycle of Temperature (ºC) & MLDCentral N. Pacific Region: 25ºN-45ºN,165ºE-175ºW CCSM Levitus Reemergence Mechanism
Reemergence in the Central North PacificLead-lag Correlations between the Temp´(month,depth) with Temp´ at the Base Point (Aug-Sep,~50-82m) 0.3 0.6 0.6 Depth (m)
Summary of CCSM3 Variability ENSO • Reasonable timing and amplitude but too biennial compared to nature and too meridionally confined • SLP response over the North Pacific in boreal winter is excellent in T85 version, too weak in T42 version PDO • Leading EOF of CCSM3 winter SST have PDO-like horse-shoe pattern. Amplitude too large in the west • Robust decadal (16-20 yr) SST variability in the Kuroshio Extension. • Local Qnet and QEkman are response to the SST anomaly. Other patterns • NAO/AO, PNA, ALE(WP) Mixed Layer Depth • Seasonal cycle Temp & MLD • Winter MLD slightly too depth in NP and too shallow in N. Atlantic • Reemergence present
ENSO Seasonal Cycle Timing of ENSO Events Seasonal Cycle of ENSO Amplitude
ENSO in CCSM3 SST and Atmospheric Teleconnections • Compare T42 and T85 versions of CCSM3 (multi-century control integrations) • Compare CCSM3 with CCSM2 (T42 control integrations) • Compare CCSM3 T85 control with CAM3 T85 AMIP integration, 1950-2000
Annual Cycle of Monthly Mean & Standard Deviation of SST (°C) along 42ºN CCSM3 NCEP
Seasonal Cycle of Ocean Temp and MLD Pacific: 35N-45N 165E-175W Atlantic: 50N-60N 20W-40W
Local Lead-lag Correlations 42º-52ºN between SST and Temp anomalies at the Basepoint SST Lags SST Leads Basepoint: Aug-Sep, 55-85M
Reemergence Indicated by SST correlated with T in summer thermocline
Winter SST Power Spectrum Kuroshio Extension Index Central North Pacific Index ~17 yr
Temperature Variance (°C2) of Annual Means at 200 m CCSM3 White Levitus
Subduction in the Atlantic POP CCSM3 Trajectories based on annual averages on 25.4 surface
Lateral Ocean Heat Divergence Surface Heat Flux Upper 200 m Heat Budget in the Kuroshio Extension [W/m2]
Winter QEkman Regressed on SST Kuroshio Extension Index SST regression (Contour Interval: 10 W/m2/°C ; Shading: significant at 99 %)
Winter QEkman regressed on SST Kuroshio Extension Index(Low-pass filter > 10 yr) (Contour Interval: 10 W/m2/°C ; Shading: significant at 99 %) • Anomalous QEkman acts as a positive feedback to the SST anomalies.
Pacific Decadal Oscillation1st EOF of Monthly North Pacific SSTA 24.5%
Correlation of PDO Index with TS and SLP TS SLP CCSM3 NCEP
Arctic Oscillation: SLP EOF 1 NCEP CCSM3 31.5% 33.7%
NCEP Reanalysis Calendar Year CCSM3 Model Year Arctic Oscillation: PC1 (DJFM)