1998/12/15 by Martin Visbeck, Heidi Cullen, Gerd Krahmann +1 · 2 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Climate variability and models #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations #Ocean gyre #Forcing (mathematics) #Climatology #Anomaly (physics) #Geology #North Atlantic oscillation #General Circulation Model #Oscillation (cell signaling) #Ocean current #Ocean general circulation model #Series (stratigraphy) #Environmental science #Mixed layer #Oceanography #Atmospheric sciences #Climate change #Physics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1029/1998gl900162
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The response of the Atlantic Ocean to North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)‐like wind forcing was investigated using an ocean‐only general circulation model coupled to an atmospheric boundary layer model. A series of idealized experiments was performed to investigate the interannual to multi‐decadal frequency response of the ocean to a winter wind anomaly pattern. Overall, the strength of the SST response increased slightly with longer forcing periods. In the subpolar gyre, however, the model showed a broad response maximum in the decadal band (12–16 years).