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| Kinter, S.M.; Pegion, K.; Kirtman, B.P.. |
| One possible explanation for tropical sea surface temperature (SST) interannual variability is that it can be accurately described by a linear auto-regressive model with damped coupled feedbacks and stochastic forcing. This auto-regressive model can be viewed is a “null hypothesis” for tropical SST variability. This paper advances a new coupled general circulation model (CGCM) coupling strategy, called an interactive ensemble as a method to test this null hypothesis. The design of the interactive ensemble procedure is to reduce the stochastic variability in the air-sea fluxes applied to the ocean component while retaining the deterministic component of the coupled feedbacks. The interactive ensemble procedure uses multiple realizations of the atmospheric... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Sea surface temperature; Atmospheric conditions. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/512 |
