Relationships among Intermodel Spread and Biases in Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures
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Relationships among Intermodel Spread and Biases in Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures

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  • Journal Title:
    Journal of Climate
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    OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
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    State-of-the-art general circulation models show important systematic errors in their simulation of sea surface temperatures (SST), especially in the tropical Atlantic. In this work the spread in the simulation of climatological SST in the tropical Atlantic by 24 CMIP5 models is examined, and its relationship with the mean systematic biases in the region is explored. The modes of intermodel variability are estimated by applying principal component (PC) analysis to the SSTs in the region 70°W–20°E, 20°S–20°N. The intermodel variability is approximately explained by the first three modes. The first mode is related to warmer SSTs in the basin, shows worldwide connections with same-signed loads over most of the tropics, and is connected with lower low cloud cover over the eastern parts of the subtropical oceans. The second mode is restricted to the Atlantic, where it shows negative and positive loads to the north and south of the equator, respectively, and is connected to a too weak Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The third mode is related to the double intertropical convergence zone bias in the Pacific and to an interhemispheric asymmetry in the net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. The structure of the second mode is closer to the mean bias than that of the others in the tropical Atlantic, suggesting that model difficulties with the AMOC contribute to the regional biases.
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    Journal of Climate, 32(12), 3615-3635
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    0894-8755;1520-0442;
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    American Meteorological Society
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Funding:
    Grant no. NA14OAR4310278
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