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Aerosol-forced multidecadal variations across all ocean basins in models and observations since 1920

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  • Journal Title:
    Science Advances
  • Personal Author:
    Qin, Minhua ORCID ICON IMG ; Dai, Aiguo ORCID ICON IMG ; Hua, Wenjian ORCID ICON IMG
  • NOAA Program & Office:
    OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office)
  • Description:
    Earth's climate fluctuates considerably on decadal-multidecadal time scales, often causing large damages to our society and environment. These fluctuations usually result from internal dynamics, and many studies have linked them to internal climate modes in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Here, we show that variations in volcanic and anthropogenic aerosols have caused in-phase, multidecadal SST variations since 1920 across all ocean basins. These forced variations resemble the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) in time. Unlike the North Atlantic, where indirect and direct aerosol effects on surface solar radiation drive the multidecadal SST variations, over the tropical central and western Pacific atmospheric circulation response to aerosol forcing plays an important role, whereas aerosol-induced radiation change is small. Our new finding implies that AMO-like climate variations in Eurasia, North America, and other regions may be partly caused by the aerosol forcing, rather than being originated from the North Atlantic SST variations as previously thought.
  • Source:
    Sci Adv 6 (29), eabb0425. 10.1126/sciadv.abb0425
  • DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb0425
  • Pubmed ID:
    32832635
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC7439312
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA15OAR4310086 ; Grant no. NA18OAR4310425
  • Place as Subject:
    Atlantic ; Pacific
  • Rights Information:
    CC BY
  • Compliance:
    Submitted
  • Download URL:
    https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28683/noaa_28683_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 3.62 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:a269b3a2d9857d304abfd3c54be39a08e850def1bc92585b585cac4e896846cb
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