Forcing for Multidecadal Surface Solar Radiation Trends Over Northern Hemisphere Continents

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• Journal Title:
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Personal Author:
  Augustine, John A. ; Capotondi, Antonietta
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) ; GML (Global Monitoring Laboratory) ; PSL (Physical Sciences Laboratory)
• Description:
  The long-term variation of North Pacific and North Atlantic sea surface temperatures (SSTs) is shown to be associated with multidecadal trends of surface solar radiation in North America, Europe, and Asia. Long-term, large-scale warm SST anomalies lead to a mid-level planetary wave anomaly pattern of geopotential height ridges over the warm water and dynamically-induced lower heights on either side, sometimes extending over adjacent continents. Geopotential height troughs over the continents encourage more cloud cover and dimming of surface solar radiation. Conversely, cool SST anomalies correspond to a pattern of lower mid-level geopotential heights over the cool water and compensating high pressure on either side that encourages
• Keywords:
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
• Source:
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(16)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jd036342
• ISSN:
  2169-897X ; 2169-8996
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY-NC-ND
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/52509/noaa_52509_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.82 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; NOAA Cooperative Institutes
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8ffbc8de6d4be2ca2ad402bc6093b3467f5db6c30fe5f751458791fa8b100708